Claude Debussy: La Mer - First Movement

[Lladybug68]

est-ce-que quelqu'un peut me dire comment cette chanson lui fait resentir? (devoir de musique et j'aurais besoin d'aide ;s)

[HappyRussians]

@Lladybug68 Au lieu de demander qu'on fasse tes devoirs, écoute ce morceau et va te cultiver, putain de plèbe.

[4mjatwdlrvovyl]

とても綺麗。



[Mr18Rollercoaster]

I definately hear an eastern influence on this overall not just in the ending but throughout with the stepwise motion chosen in this piece and the instruments chosen to be the highlight of this piece

[rockybrazil1]

DEBUSSY IS MY FAVOURITE COMPOSER AND THE FIRST MOUVEMENT OF LA MER IS ABSOLUTELLY GREAT!

[pinguinopsichedelico]

it is composed according to the sectio aurea.. pure harmony

[LaPersonaNonGrata]

spoken romantically. 

[GabeAthouse]

@LaPersonaNonGrata not romantically, impressionistically

[agentmabus333]

@GabeAthouse Don't tell Debussy that, though. He might flip a lid.

[GabeAthouse]

@agentmabus333 NOT BEFORE I CALL PHILLIP GLASS A MINIMALIST TO HIS FACE

[homelessdeadguy]

8:14 and I realize WHY I am listening to this... One of my favorite musical moments EVER. Overall, it's no "Great Gate of Kiev" or finale of Beethoven's 5th or Mahler's 1st, but still pretty awesome. Don't know if I am set up by the title, but it certainly sounds like the sea to me!

[ElsaLaurora]

Thanks for this wonderful gift Maria Clara!

[RoboSlater]

I hear global warmcooling melting the icecaps and making people vote funny. How could Debussy have anticipated this?! Pure genius.

[abeocp]

4:40



[Kasino80]

Funny...when listening to this I can so hear the influence from him on many movie score composers: Williams and goldsmith easily comes to mind.

[SomethingFrenchaful]

@Kasino80 Williams was also majorly influenced by Gustav Holst, which you can really hear in his Superman score.

[Intredasting]

@SomethingFrenchaful You know what else is interesting? This piece sounds like a combination of Gustav Holst's Neptune and Mars, from The Planets Suite.

[metaserve]

*At the end*

CHING. CHANG. CHONG!!

Western interpretation of Eastern music, f yeah.

[gabriellamellani]

lovely !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ricardorzm]

Wow... at the end you can almost see the waves crashing on the sea rocks...!

[ernieey]

8 people are seasick! :-p

[AhmedOnMoment]

Genius!

[MaestroTJS]

The things written ABOUT Debussy are usually more interesting than the things written BY Debussy. There are a handful of his works which I truly love and the rest which don't do much for me--this is part of the latter. Personally I find his titles detract from the music because I don't see a great deal of correlation or the imagery just doesn't work for me. "From dawn to midday on the sea." Really? Maybe without those pretensions, I'd enjoy the music a bit more--not much, but a bit.

[gipcambero]

@MaestroTJS

Satie once mocked Debussy telling him "the part I liked the most is from 9 am to 10.15 am"

[MaestroTJS]

@gipcambero LOL, that's brilliant

[zanderaw]

@MaestroTJS While Debussy is by no means my favorite composer, I have to disagree with you. To me, this piece completely captures the sea; you just have to think with the flow of the music. much better than Claire de lune, in my opinion.

[musicnerd30]

8:14

What unexpected and completely amazing power! Such a beautiful piece of music.

[amorpaz1]

You might even say Romance languages have similar vocabulary sometimes.

But you wouldn't, you would never say that.

[salvadorallende73]

i'm sleeping, this is the worst compouser of all times

[ricardorzm]

@salvadorallende73 Oh, a wild troll just appeared...

[TheNoomoo]

lol sea in romanian is 'mare' :)

[AnjelicaRose]

Why do I love this so much?

[HaydnM35]

Dirty beats.

[chocolatemama6262]

its sounds like the sea...

[blackspider0]

@Nimenicamine01 Muchas obras de música clásica son eliminadas de YouTube por reclamaciones de derechos de autor, por lo que muchos prefieren no poner información sobre los intérpretes.

[Nimenicamine01]

@blackspider0 Ay!! en serio?? como iba a saberlo, lo siento señor.

[TaWoOnIe1718]

He looks like Ricky Gervais O_O

[1cashluv]

@TaWoOnIe1718 I agree that they do look alike but Ricky Gervais looks like him...LMAO!

[dcg5382]

Thank You for Posting Debussy's La Mer. It Has Always Touched My Heart.

[harriethtw]

Which orchestra and conductor?

[RunsInRacesJoe]

@PhillipPark90 apparently 2 people did

[adinab13]

The way Debussy depicts the Sun Rise "from" the dark horizon is soooo suggestive... it feels like witnessing the birth of the World

[crazylara101]

he looks like the guy at my local corner shop

[ParkJinna]

who is this played by?

[Slayerplsko]

Who's the conductor????????

[rphcomposer]

please click on my site .I have written a piece similar. Modest sound quality but please give it a go

[neverthat79]

"The Mother"

[lydialikespancakes]

@neverthat79 "mere" is mother, "mer" is sea. 

[ruispala]

just close your eyes and feel.

[billyguns2]

I love the music you share, but am saddened by the fact that you continue to dishonor the great musicians who make the music happen by your stubborn refusal to identify them.

[kukukachu16]

This piece is HARD, its so beautiful though its so worth it

[dancinfoo1001]

Call me immature, but this reminds me of when I was little and used to watch The Little Mermaid. The beginning song in it sounds vaguely reminiscent of 1:42-1:52 in this piece :)

[ilovewalruses84]

@dancinfoo1001 I agree! The soundtrack to the film is pretty amazing as well (I'm talking about the score, not that "Under The Sea" stuff).

[StageHolder]

La Mer

[glugapean]

:( doing a music assignment on him. :(

[Discojufowup]

@glugapean Why so sad?

[cjgardnerhomes]

Studying this guy for my music internal. His music is so much more than what you see on the surface.

[cycalo]

can anyone write an essay on this for me?

[Katrinette27]

i don't like this one..it's so full of  impatience..eww

[TaurusPiscesVirgo]

the intro reminds me of Bjork's Overture from the Dancer in the Dark soundtrack.... just lovely

[3transfat]

i just wish debussy had composed more symphonic pieces

[edersson1]

Ademas fue un maestre..

[robertocarlostapia1]

bello!

[epiphysis]

The book The Golden Ratio by Mario Livio brought me here, right now. Apparently this piece has fibonacci's sequences in it and I came to listen to them! Enjoyable even without this knowledge

[goingtobe]

to Debussy lovers. maybe you would like this concerto.

just write the word FREAKOLLO, and you would get to a 2 parts concerto enjoy.

[strawbadger]

does anyone know what orchestra and conductor this be ?

[dfairbanks06]

4:41 is my favorite part of the entire piece. the cellos have a quality of sound that make me feel as if i'm setting off on a voyage or something as glorious.

[Musicness131315]

8:11 to the end is my favourite part :)

[S1587915G]

Is it me, or is there something Oriental about this music? Even Debussy looks a bit Oriental in this portrait. :)

[c1130762]

@S1587915G I entirely agree with you! he might be a chinese poet from the Tang dynasty in his past life, the way I interpret it =)

[S1587915G]

@c1130762

Glad you agree. He might be, I suppose, you never know. ;) It's interesting to note that he was very fond of Asian art, by the way.

[i6m6m6a]

@S1587915G Debussy had a lot of influence from the Paris International exposition im 1900 where he saw javanese music and stuff... he got interested by that styleand explored it! So. there's a lot of oriental in this piece... Debussy Rules :)

[obiwan88]

@S1587915G Yes, I agree with you. In fact I was listening to that particularly Oriental sounding section [time index: 4:11] when I saw your comment.

[yourforte]

Years ago when I had to study this for A level I didn't enjoy it. Now I think it's wonderful.

[plan4him]

I am going to see the Minnesota Orchestra perform this tonight as part of their Inside the Classics series. They breakdown the piece in the first half of the show, then perform it in the second half. 4 minutes into the piece and I like it so far.

[literateandstylish3]

7:50-on is the best!

[RockLeeFan1]

you know in germany sea is meer, its almost "ze" same

[anz00n]

@RockLeeFan1 That's because both German and French have their roots in the Latin language, as do many.

[drohan100]

@RockLeeFan1 Good call, shows some similarities in the languages. And for any debussy fans, this particular piece was written in a place called eastbourne on the south coast, at The Grand Hotel, overlooking a beautiful coastline, the inspiration for this work. Fun fact for debussy fans there

[teganyavo]

@RockLeeFan1 yeah its almost like france and germany are next to each other or something

[RockLeeFan1]

@teganyavo trollololololol

[MaestroTJS]

@teganyavo Zing!!! lol

[michaeljh216]

@RockLeeFan1 its "Mar" in Spanish... Small world eh?

[FightThroughFaith]

@RockLeeFan1 and in spanish it is mar''. i love the similarities between languages.

[crazyJ6245]

This is a beautiful composition, I can really visualize the sea.

[Bronco541]

same here. This sorta reminds me of some old movie about Sinbad or Charlton Heston standing over the Red Sea

[Ostricht199]

@crazyJ6245 but would you visualize it if the title wasn't "The sea"?^^

I've always been very skeptic about "musical evocation".There are so many different possible interpretations... Except for the flight of the bumblebee- it's so obvious- but it's acoustical rather than esthetical.

[nsanyi58]

a szinek zeneje...

egy ujabb csodaja a XX. szazadnak...

[JCmooka]

ej chuj

[bobstronge]

el impresionismo le agrada a todos ahora...pero 80 años antes era repudiado.

pobre Debussy,las que le toco pasar.

bravo por Él.

[Helcaloth]

I just LOVE classical music.. and I love Debussy, this was beautiful!

[dabit100]

esta obra es mágica, muy linda

[tommaso875132]

yo tambien voy mañana!!!!

[kurukururock]

Oh my goodness, this slays me. Beautiful.

[literateandstylish3]

The very last part is SO pretty! I love it..

[jorgealbertobaron]

GRAN OBRA DE DEBUSSY

[marutiriu]

tomaspepino yo voy mañana a verlo :)

[tomaspepino]

yo e visto esta musica en vivo, y lo que no se escucha bien aqui seria el arpa, le falta un poco de volumen :P pero en todo caso es exelente piesa, ojala todos puedan verla en vivo alguna vez