La Mer (literally 'The Sea') was a confusing prospect to audiences of 1905, as it was neither a normal symphony nor a complete departure. Parisian audiences initially didn't really warm to it either, ...

Debussy’s La mer (1905) La mer is the greatest seascape in music, and also the greatest example of how the sounds of the natural world can become music. “We don’t pay enough attention to the ...

One hundred years ago Saturday, classical music witnessed a sea change — quite literally. On Oct. 15, 1905, French composer Claude Debussy's symphonic portrait of the sea, called "La Mer ...

Debussy was a master of orchestral and solo piano music. From Clair de Lune to La mer, here are the best pieces of classical music the composer ever wrote. From lazy woodland creatures on a hot summer ...

Fred presents a real challenge: a philosophical question about whether music can mean something. He talks to composer Ned Rorem about it, and then we feature Debussy's La Mer, in a performance at ...

Robertson says a prime example is found in Debussy’s "Three Sketches Of The Sea (La Mer)." But, he adds, Debussy wrote about water in all forms, even when it’s frozen, with his Prelude ...

Sviatoslav Richter rated La mer alongside Bach’s St Matthew Passion and Wagner’s Ring for musical significance, and yet after the work’s premiere (October 15, 1905), J Jemain wrote in Le ménestrel ...

One hundred years ago Saturday, classical music witnessed a sea change — quite literally. On Oct. 15, 1905, French composer Claude Debussy's symphonic portrait of the sea, called "La Mer ...