{"id":7985,"date":"2021-06-25T09:47:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T13:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/?page_id=7985"},"modified":"2024-03-20T13:45:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T17:45:21","slug":"la-mer5","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/la-mer5\/","title":{"rendered":"Claude Debussy, <i>La Mer<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left; width: 30%; display: inline-block;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/La-mer4\">\u2190 previous<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right; width: 30%; display: inline-block;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/esm4.esm.rochester.edu\/sibley\/La-mer6\/\">next \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;7924&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;right&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_shadow&#8221; onclick=&#8221;img_link_large&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1624902864617{margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;border: 0px initial !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1624902891388{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 40px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the titles of the first and third movements, the second movement\u2019s title, <em>Jeux des vagues (Play of the waves),<\/em> had not changed since the composer\u2019s initial conception of the work (as made explicit by Debussy to publisher Durand by letter in the summer of 1903).<\/p>\n<p>Debussy\u2019s attention to detail is evident in his specific comments on instrumentation in the first bar, where he has indicated certain voices as being for \u201cc.a.\u201d (<em>cor anglais<\/em>) and for \u201ccl.\u201d (clarinet). 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