La Mer (Debussy)

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Cover picture of the first edition. The encounter with Asian art was very important for Debussy; Debussy chose a section of the woodcut The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai as the cover picture for the first edition of La mer

La Mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchester (Eng. The Sea, three symphonic sketches for orchestra ) is a composition by Claude Debussy . Begun in France in 1903 and completed in Eastbourne in 1905 , it was premiered on October 15, 1905 in Paris by the Orchester Lamoureux under Camille Chevillard . A performance of the piece, which is called both symphonic poetry and symphony , lasts about 23 minutes and is a prime example of musical impressionism .

Sentence names

I. De l'aube à midi sur la mer - très lent (dawn to noon on the sea - very slowly), B minor

II. Jeux de vagues - allegro (Game of Waves - Allegro), C sharp minor

III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer - animé et tumultueux (Dialogue between wind and sea - lively and stormy), C sharp minor

instrumentation

2 flutes , piccolo , 2 oboes , English horn , 2 clarinets , 3 bassoons , contrabassoon , 4 horns , 3 trumpets , 2 cornets , 3 trombones , tuba , timpani , bass drum , triangle , tam-tam , glockenspiel , cymbals , 2 harps and strings .

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