Debussy La Mer

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Today we listened to Debussy: La Mer (The Sea)

It made me feel:

Full Name: Claude Debussy


Other famous works: Clair De Lune, Childrens Corner
Master of musical impressionism. Wanted to give the
listener a feeling of a time, place or idea.

1862 - 1918

0:21

0:47

Rising & falling


violins. 2 note theme Full orchestra, wind
whips up, creating
played by horns &
whitecaps.
cello.

2:28

1:20

Flute and cello play


2 note theme, three
times, crescendo
then back off.

2:09

CRASH! Drum,
cymbals, trombone,
tuba enter together.
Then fade out.

Music is whipped
into a frenzy. Crash
of cymbals then
quiet.

Lone trumpet
plays a warning,
repeats more
loudly & urgently.

Menacing
statement
repeats, then a

Low roll on drums


then cello/basses
menacing repeating
statement.

Woodwind theme as
low strings simmer
below.

1:53

Quiet melody for horns


over string background.
Occasional lazy violin
notes

1:26

Playful variation on
woodwind theme
after brief note
plucked in strings..

Swelling calm
strings.

3:28

3:04

Brass and plucked


strings. A warning.

2 note & trumpet


themes repeated by
cello and flutes/oboes.

Urgency as
trembling
strings
grow.

6:40

6:18

Whitecaps are
back. Rhythmic
intensity grows.

6:52

4:24

4:00

Full orchestra, louder, takes


up the woodwind theme.
Counter melody in trumpets.

6:03

5:27

Horn melody from


3:28 played more
fully.

7:11

Glockenspiel (bells)
join in.

5:07

Cymbals, then we are


whipped into frenzy
as music crashes into
its conclusion.

7:28
Debussy: La Mer (The Sea)

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