Original Version (1905)
Partition
Interprétations
Conducteurs
Holograph manuscript, 1905. Dated 5 March (engraver's copy).
Maison d’édition
Holograph manuscript, 1905. Dated 5 March (engraver's copy).
Remarques diverses
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Musique (F-Pn): Ms.967
Durand, 1905.
Éditeur scientifique
First edition (late proof with corrections)
Graveur
Charles Douin, Paris
Maison d’édition
Paris: Durand, 1905. Plate D. & F. 6532.
Remarques diverses
Bound proof, with composer corrections. Submitted July 18, 1905 as legal deposit.
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Musique (F-Pn): Mus.RES VMA-486 .
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Musique (F-Pn): Mus.RES VMA-486 .
Muzgiz, 1962.
Maison d’édition
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1962. Plate 29764.
Réimpression
Moscow: Muzyka, 1978. Plate 7621.
Remarques diverses
Russian preface by Yulian Kreyn (1913-1996) omitted, 171 music pages. More-or-less a re-engraving of the first edition (1905). The famous brass fanfares (reh.59: mm.4-11) have been removed but it still contains numerous differences from the 1909 revised edition (see below). More about this score, its reprints, and the cornets at the end
Droits d’auteur
Muzgiz, 1962.
Maison d’édition
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1962. Plate 29764.
Réimpression
London: Ernst Eulenburg, No. 1321, n.d.(ca.1969). Plate E.E. 6344.
Remarques diverses
Despite the oddity of this edition, Eulenburg sold this score well into the 1990s.
Droits d’auteur
Muzgiz, 1962.
Maison d’édition
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1962. Plate 29764.
Réimpression
Beijing: People's Music Publishing House, 1985.
Remarques diverses
Bad scan quality.
Droits d’auteur
Revised Version (1909)
Revised Version (1909)
Durand & Fils, 1909.
Maison d’édition
Paris: Durand & Fils, 1909. Plate D. & F. 6532, 6838.
Réimpression
Three Great Orchestral Works in Full Score
Mineola: Dover Publications, 1983.
Mineola: Dover Publications, 1983.
Remarques diverses
Monochrome scans. Marie Rolf in the introduction to the Durand Critical Edition: "The 1909 edition of La Mer is the last printed version known to have been sanctioned by Debussy." Some recordings (Munch/BSO among others) retain the brass fanfares that Debussy removed in this revision (measures 4-11 of rehearsal 59 - PDF pages 125-26).
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Original Version (1905)
Original Version (1905)
Original Version (1905)
Original Version (1905)
Holograph manuscript, 1905. Dated 5 March (engraver's copy).
Maison d’édition
Holograph manuscript, 1905. Dated 5 March (engraver's copy).
Remarques diverses
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Musique (F-Pn): Ms.967
Original Version (1905)
Original Version (1905)
Durand, 1905.
Éditeur scientifique
First edition (late proof with corrections)
Graveur
Charles Douin, Paris
Maison d’édition
Paris: Durand, 1905. Plate D. & F. 6532.
Remarques diverses
Bound proof, with composer corrections. Submitted July 18, 1905 as legal deposit.
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Musique (F-Pn): Mus.RES VMA-486 .
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Musique (F-Pn): Mus.RES VMA-486 .
Original Version (1905)
Original Version (1905)
Muzgiz, 1962.
Maison d’édition
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1962. Plate 29764.
Réimpression
Moscow: Muzyka, 1978. Plate 7621.
Remarques diverses
Russian preface by Yulian Kreyn (1913-1996) omitted, 171 music pages. More-or-less a re-engraving of the first edition (1905). The famous brass fanfares (reh.59: mm.4-11) have been removed but it still contains numerous differences from the 1909 revised edition (see below). More about this score, its reprints, and the cornets at the end
Droits d’auteur
Original Version (1905)
Original Version (1905)
Muzgiz, 1962.
Maison d’édition
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1962. Plate 29764.
Réimpression
London: Ernst Eulenburg, No. 1321, n.d.(ca.1969). Plate E.E. 6344.
Remarques diverses
Despite the oddity of this edition, Eulenburg sold this score well into the 1990s.
Droits d’auteur
Original Version (1905)
Original Version (1905)
Muzgiz, 1962.
Maison d’édition
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1962. Plate 29764.
Réimpression
Beijing: People's Music Publishing House, 1985.
Remarques diverses
Bad scan quality.
Droits d’auteur
Revised Version (1909)
Revised Version (1909)
Revised Version (1909)
Revised Version (1909)
Durand & Fils, 1909.
Maison d’édition
Paris: Durand & Fils, 1909. Plate D. & F. 6532, 6838.
Réimpression
Three Great Orchestral Works in Full Score
Mineola: Dover Publications, 1983.
Mineola: Dover Publications, 1983.
Remarques diverses
Monochrome scans. Marie Rolf in the introduction to the Durand Critical Edition: "The 1909 edition of La Mer is the last printed version known to have been sanctioned by Debussy." Some recordings (Munch/BSO among others) retain the brass fanfares that Debussy removed in this revision (measures 4-11 of rehearsal 59 - PDF pages 125-26).
Droits d’auteur
Revised Version (1909)
Revised Version (1909)
Edition Peters, No. 9153a, (1971)*.
Éditeur scientifique
Max Pommer (b. 1936)
Maison d’édition
Leipzig: Edition Peters, No. 9153a, (1971)*. Plate E.P. 12606.
Réimpression
China: Guānghuá Chūbǎnshè, n.d.
Remarques diverses
Bad scan quality. *Pommer's preface dated 1971. Basically a corrected 1909 edition.
More about Pommer's edition, copyright and how the 1905 cornet ending ended up in it
More about Pommer's edition, copyright and how the 1905 cornet ending ended up in it
Droits d’auteur
Revised Version (1909)
Revised Version (1909)
Éditions Durand, 1997.
Éditeur scientifique
Marie Rolf (b. 1950)
Maison d’édition
Œuvres complètes, Série V, Vol.5 (pp.1-180)
Paris: Éditions Durand, 1997. Plate D. & F. 15028.
Paris: Éditions Durand, 1997. Plate D. & F. 15028.
Remarques diverses
Rolf's edition contains a number of important corrections (examples: the crescendo in 1st bassoon part on PDF page 4, bar 4 actually starts in bar 3, and what look like accents in the nearby trumpet phrases are actually decrescendos).
Droits d’auteur
Revised Version (1909)
Revised Version (1909)
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