La mer (Debussy)
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La mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre, or simply La mer, L. 109, CD. 111, is an orchestral composition by the French composer Claude Debussy.
The first edition of La mer, featuring The Great Wave off Kanagawa
Debussy photographed by Otto Wegener, probably a few years after the composition of La mer
The Grand Hotel, Eastbourne, where Debussy corrected the proofs of La mer in 1905
Claude Debussy
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(Achille) Claude Debussy was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Debussy c. 1900 by Atelier Nadar
Rue au Pain, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, street of Debussy's birthplace
Debussy by Marcel Baschet, 1884
Gamelan orchestra, c. 1889