Debussy La Mer
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Transcript of 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
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Low roll on drums then cello/basses menacing repeating statement.
0:21
Menacing statement repeats, then a
0:47
Lone trumpet plays a warning, repeats more loudly & urgently.
1:20
Music is whipped into a frenzy. Crash of cymbals then quiet.
1:26
Woodwind theme as low strings simmer below.
1:53
Flute and cello play 2 note theme, three times, crescendo then back off.
2:09
Full orchestra, wind whips up, creating whitecaps.
2:28
3:04
CRASH! Drum, cymbals, trombone, tuba enter together. Then fade out.
3:28
Quiet melody for horns over string background. Occasional lazy violin notes
4:00
Swelling calm strings.
4:24
Playful variation on woodwind theme after brief note plucked in strings..
5:07
Glockenspiel (bells) join in.
5:27
Full orchestra, louder, takes up the woodwind theme. Counter melody in trumpets.
6:03
2 note & trumpet themes repeated by cello and flutes/oboes.
6:40
Urgency as trembling
strings grow.
6:52
Whitecaps are back. Rhythmic intensity grows.
7:11
Horn melody from 3:28 played more fully.
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Cymbals, then we are whipped into frenzy as music crashes into its conclusion.
Debussy: La Mer (The Sea)
Rising & falling violins. 2 note theme played by horns & cello.
Brass and plucked strings. A warning.
6:18