"La fille aux cheveux de lin" composed by Claude Debussy in 1910mis the eighth prelude in his first book of Preludes. The title and inspiration for the piece come from a poem of the same name by the French poet Leconte de Lisle. The poem describes a young girl with long, flowing hair the color of flax. The piece is known for its delicate and impressionistic melody, as well as its use of whole-tone scales and parallel chords.