La mer (Debussy, Claude)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 movements
Composition Year	1903-05, rev. 1908
Genre Categories	Sketches; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; For wind band (arr); For orchestra without strings (arr); Scores featuring wind band (arr); For 2 pianos (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr)

1 Performances
- 1.1 Recordings
- 1.2 Naxos
2 Sheet Music
3 Free Recordings
4 General Information

Performances

Recordings

Complete Performance (EU)
*#718353 - 27.90MB - 22:55 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/67/V - 1446×⇩ - MP3 - Lucas-coelho

MP3 file (audio)
Lucas-coelho (2021/7/21)

Performer Pages	Boston Symphony Orchestra (orchestra) Serge Koussevitzky (conductor)
Publisher Info.	RCA Camden, 1957. CAL 376.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Source: Internet Archive
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Complete Performance (EU)
*#586516 - 55.28MB - 24:09 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/64/V - 1720×⇩ - MP3 - Vangi

MP3 file (audio)
Vangi (2019/8/21)

Performer Pages	Philharmonia Orchestra (orchestra) Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Publisher Info.	Parlaphone, 1953.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Téléchargement
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Naxos

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Sheet Music

Full Scores

Original Version (1905)

Complete Score (color, 72dpi)
*#909379 - 37.72MB, 215 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 78×⇩ - Alaric

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Alaric (2024/4/16)

⇒ 4 more: Complete Score, low resolution (50 dpi) • 1. De l'aube a midi sur la mer • 2. Jeux de Vagues • 3. Dialogue du Vent et de la Mer

Complete Score, low resolution (50 dpi)
*#139163 - 12.32MB, 213 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 20845×⇩ - Mark Starr

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Mark Starr (2011/10/18)

1. De l'aube a midi sur la mer
*#165221 - 22.14MB, 21 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 17634×⇩ - Kalliwoda

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Kalliwoda (2011/12/17)

2. Jeux de Vagues
*#165227 - 40.66MB, 43 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 6587×⇩ - Kalliwoda

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Kalliwoda (2011/12/17)

3. Dialogue du Vent et de la Mer
*#165228 - 33.72MB, 35 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7145×⇩ - Kalliwoda

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Kalliwoda (2011/12/17)

Publisher. Info.	Holograph manuscript, 1905. Dated 5 March (engraver's copy).
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	Bibliothèque nationale de France, Musique (F-Pn): Ms.967. #165221, 165227, 165228: High resolution (300 dpi) color scans. Interleaved blank pages of the original are not included.
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Complete Score (color)
*#909371 - 31.93MB, 146 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 68×⇩ - Alaric

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Alaric (2024/4/16)

Complete Score (mono)
*#909372 - 35.84MB, 148 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 86×⇩ - Alaric

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Alaric (2024/4/16)

Editor	First edition
Engraver	Charles Douin, Paris
Publisher. Info.	Paris: Durand, 1905. Plate D. & F. 6532.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes	Bibliothèque nationale de France, Musique (F-Pn): Mus.VM7-18281(A).
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Complete Score
*#33282 - 4.66MB, 89 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/C*/V* - 26082×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2009/6/23)

Publisher. Info.	Moscow: Muzyka, n.d.(ca.1973). Plate 7631.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Low-quality scan. This is basically a version of the score's first printed edition (1905) but with the brass fanfares mentioned below (rehearsal 59:mm.4-11) already removed. It still contains numerous differences from the 1909 second edition (see below). For example, compare the cornet parts in the last 7 measures of the work in this edition with those in the second edition. The currently available Eulenburg No.1321 mini score appears to be identical to this first-edition file.
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Complete Score
*#919670 - 12.41MB, 174 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/C*/V* - 14×⇩ - Zhengxinhao

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Zhengxinhao (2024/6/19)

Publisher. Info.	Moscow: Muzyka, n.d.(ca.1973). Plate 7631.
Reprinted	Beijing: People's Music Publishing House, 1985.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Bad scan quality.
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Revised Version (1909)

Complete Score
*#15420 - 8.35MB, 137 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 50258×⇩ - Daphnis

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Daphnis (2007/10/11)

Publisher. Info.	Paris: Durand & Fils, 1909. Plate D. & F. 6532, 6838.
Reprinted	Three Great Orchestral Works in Full Score Mineola: Dover Publications, 1983.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Monochrome scans. Marie Rolf in the introduction to the Durand Critical Edition: "The 1909 edition of La Mer is the last printed version known to have been sanctioned by Debussy." The Critical Edition does, however, contain many important corrections (examples: the crescendo in 1st bassoon part on PDF page 4, bar 4 actually starts in bar 3, and what look like accents in the nearby trumpet phrases are actually decrescendos). Some recordings (Munch/BSO among others) retain the brass fanfares that Debussy removed in this revision (measures 4-11 of rehearsal 59 - PDF pages 125-126).
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Complete Score (EU)
*#912667 - 34.89MB, 167 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - C*/N*/V* - 1098×⇩ - Zhengxinhao

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Zhengxinhao (2024/5/3)

Editor	Max Pommer (b. 1936)
Publisher. Info.	Leipzig: Edition Peters, No.9153a, 1982. Plate E. P. 12606. URTEXT EDITION This is an urtext/critical/scholarly/scientific edition (or a simple re-engraving). Any commentary or critical apparatus, if protected by copyright, should not be included in the scan(s) available here. In Canada, new editions/re-engravings of public domain works (when not including new original material) should be in the public domain due to failing to meet the threshold of originality. In most European Union countries, these editions (except new original material) are generally protected for no more than 25 years from publication (30 years in Poland), and only if the edition is published after the copyrights of the original creator(s) have expired. In the United States, copyright can only apply to new creative work, and the re-engraving of a public domain piece (not including new additions of creative material) should not qualify for a new copyright, despite copyright claims (which properly would only apply to new material). You may need to check the publication date and details of the work's first publication in order to determine the work's copyright status, especially for the United States, as the copyright on the original work may not have expired. More information can be found here. Please obey the copyright laws of your country. IMSLP does not assume any sort of legal responsibility or liability for the consequences of downloading files that are not in the public domain in your country.
Reprinted	China: Guānghuá Chūbǎnshè, n.d.
Copyright	Public Domain - See notes on copyright status for urtext editions [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Bad scan quality.
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2. Jeux de Vagues
*#623730 - 12.99MB, 42 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 2275×⇩ - DigitalScores

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DigitalScores (2020/5/5)

Editor	DigitalScores
Publisher. Info.	DigitalScores
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 [tag/del]
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