LA MER (THE SEA): THREE SYMPHONIC SKETCHES
AUTHOR/EDITOR: CLAUDE DEBUSSY

FORMAT MUSIC: MINI SCORES
PAGE COUNT: 144
DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC.

DESCRIPTION:
-'IT MAY BE IN FACT I HAVE TAKEN ON A TASK THAT IS TOO MUCH FOR ME; THERE IS NO PRECEDENT, SO I`M OBLIGED TO INVENT NEW FORMS.' — CLAUDE DEBUSSY
ONE OF THE MOST REVOLUTIONARY AND INFLUENTIAL OF MODERN COMPOSERS, CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862–1918) OVERTURNED TRADITIONAL CONCEPTS OF FORM, HARMONY, AND INSTRUMENTAL COLOR TO CREATE A UNIQUE BODY OF MUSIC CHARACTERIZED BY INNOVATION, INDIVIDUALITY OF STYLE, AND PERFECTION OF WORKMANSHIP.

-AMONG HIS MOST POPULAR, MOST PERFORMED, MOST RECORDED WORKS IS LA MER, A COMPLEX MASTERPIECE COMPRISING THREE SYMPHONIC SKETCHES: 'DE L`AUBE À MIDI SUR LA MER' (FROM DAWN TO NOON ON THE SEA); 'JEUX DE VAGUES' (PLAY OF WAVES); AND 'DIALOGUE DU VENT ET DE LA MER' (DIALOGUE OF THE WIND AND SEA).

-THIS EXTRAORDINARY WORK, FULL OF LIGHT AND SHIMMERING SHAPES AND COLORS, IS PUBLISHED HERE IN FULL SCORE WITH BAR-NUMBERED MOVEMENTS. IDEAL FOR STUDY IN THE CLASSROOM, AT HOME, OR IN THE CONCERT HALL, THIS AFFORDABLE, HIGH-QUALITY, CONVENIENTLY SIZED VOLUME WILL BE THE EDITION OF CHOICE FROM MUSIC STUDENTS AND MUSIC LOVERS ALIKE.

-REPRINT OF AN AUTHORITATIVE FRENCH EDITION.