Editing Siren (mythology) (section)

== Arts and influence ==
The French [[Impressionism in music|impressionist]] composer, [[Claude Debussy]], composed the orchestral work ''[[Nocturnes (Debussy)|Nocturnes]]'' in which the third movement, "[[Sirènes#III._Sirènes|Sirènes]]", depicts sirens. According to Debussy, ''"'Sirènes' depicts the sea and its countless rhythms and presently, amongst the waves silvered by the moonlight, is heard the mysterious song of the Sirens as they laugh and pass on"''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The story of... Debussy's Nocturnes |url=https://www.classical-music.com/articles/debussys-nocturnes-story |website=Our Media Ltd |date=19 August 2016 |publisher=BBC Music Magazine |access-date=5 November 2023}}</ref>

In 1911, French composer [[Lili Boulanger]] composed "[[Lili_Boulanger#Les_sirènes|Les sirènes]]" for mezzo-soprano soloist, choir, and piano.<ref>{{cite web |title=Obscure Music Monday: Boulanger's Les Sirenes |url=https://www.performersedition.com/content/obscure-music-monday-boulangers-les-sirenes/ |website=Performer's Edition |publisher=Performer's Edition LLC |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref>

Contemporary British composer and former child prodigy, [[Alma Deutscher]], composed "Waltz of the Sirens", an orchestral work based on the mythology creature.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harris |first1=Garrett |title=Alma Deutscher takes a stand in Vienna |url=https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2023/mar/24/alma-deutscher-takes-stand-vienna/ |website=San Diego Reader |access-date=25 December 2023}}</ref>

English artist [[William Etty]] portrayed the sirens as young women in fully human form in his 1837 painting ''[[The Sirens and Ulysses]]'', a practice copied by future artists.<ref>{{cite book|last=Robinson|first=Leonard|title=William Etty: The Life and Art|year=2007|publisher=McFarland & Company|location=Jefferson, NC|isbn=9780786425310|oclc= 751047871}}</ref>

{{Gallery
|title=Sirens in 19th and 20th-century paintings
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|File:The Sirens and Ulysses by William Etty, 1837.jpg
 |alt1=Painting of Ulysses tempted by sirens
 |''The Sirens and Ulysses'' (1837) by William Etty
|File:Ulysses And The Sirens by Léon Belly.jpg 
 |alt2=Painting of Ulysses tempted by sirens
 |''Odysseus and the Sirens'' (1867) by [[Léon Belly]]
|File:Armitage Siren.JPG 
 |alt3=Painting of a siren
 |''The Siren'' (1888) by [[Edward Armitage]]
|File:WATERHOUSE - Ulises y las Sirenas (National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1891. Óleo sobre lienzo, 100.6 x 202 cm).jpg
 |alt4=Painting of Ulysses tempted by sirens
 |''[[Ulysses and the Sirens (Waterhouse)|Ulysses and the Sirens]]'' (1891) by [[John William Waterhouse]]
|File:John William Waterhouse-The Siren-1900.jpg 
 |alt5=Painting of a siren depicted as a fish-chimera
 |''[[The Siren (Waterhouse painting)|The Siren]]'' ({{circa|1900}}) by [[John William Waterhouse]]
|File:Draper Herbert James Ulysses and the Sirens.jpg 
 |alt6=Painting of Ulysses tempted by sirens
 |''[[Ulysses and the Sirens (Draper)|Ulysses and the Sirens]]'' ({{circa|1909}}) by [[Herbert James Draper]]
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