Debussy | La mer
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Debussy, Claude | La mer (1905)
Performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Cleveland Orchestra
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Other places this work is cited on the Timbre and Orchestration Resource
- Reprinted article by McAdams et al (2022) on the Taxonomy of Orchestral Grouping Effects
- Ex. 4 Timbral augmentation (sustained, stable), mvt. i, mm. 122–31 appears at 6:47 in the above video.
- Ex. 7 Timbral emergence (sustained, stable), mvt. i, mm. 6-17 appears at 0:31 in the above video.
- Extreme Orchestration textbook by Freund and Cutler (2006/2024)
- 2nd Movement, rehearsal number 17. This passage exploits the lightness possible at the high end of the oboe’s range. Appearing at 9:11 in the above video.
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