La mer, trois esquisses symphoniques pour orchestre, or simply La mer, L. 109, is an orchestral composition by French composer Claude Debussy.
Composed between 1903 and 1905, the piece was initially not well received, but soon became one of Debussy's most admired and frequently performed orchestral works.
The work was started in 1903 in France and completed in 1905 at Grand Hotel Eastbourne (Eastbourne was also where Frank Bridge was to complete his suite The Sea in 1911) on the English Channel coast. The premiere was given on 15 October 1905 in Paris, by the Orchestre Lamoureux under the direction of Camille Chevillard.
Debussy arranged the piece for piano for four hands in 1905 and in 1909 his publisher Durand presented a second edition of La mer with the composer's revisions.
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