Original Version (1905)
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Holograph manuscript, 1905. Dated 5 March (engraver's copy).
Publisher
Holograph manuscript, 1905. Dated 5 March (engraver's copy).
Misc. Notes
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Musique (F-Pn): Ms.967
Durand, 1905.
Editor
First edition (late proof with corrections)
Engraver
Charles Douin, Paris
Publisher
Paris: Durand, 1905. Plate D. & F. 6532.
Misc. Notes
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.
Publisher
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1962. Plate 29764.
Reprinted
Moscow: Muzyka, 1978. Plate 7621.
Misc. Notes
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
Copyright
Muzgiz, 1962.
Publisher
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1962. Plate 29764.
Reprinted
London: Ernst Eulenburg, No. 1321, n.d.(ca.1969). Plate E.E. 6344.
Misc. Notes
Despite the oddity of this edition, Eulenburg sold this score well into the 1990s.
Copyright
Muzgiz, 1962.
Publisher
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1962. Plate 29764.
Reprinted
Beijing: People's Music Publishing House, 1985.
Misc. Notes
Bad scan quality.
Copyright
Revised Version (1909)
Revised Version (1909)
Durand & Fils, 1909.
Publisher
Paris: Durand & Fils, 1909. Plate D. & F. 6532, 6838.
Reprinted
Three Great Orchestral Works in Full Score
Mineola: Dover Publications, 1983.
Mineola: Dover Publications, 1983.
Misc. Notes
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).
Copyright
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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).
Publisher
Holograph manuscript, 1905. Dated 5 March (engraver's copy).
Misc. Notes
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Musique (F-Pn): Ms.967
Original Version (1905)
Original Version (1905)
Durand, 1905.
Editor
First edition (late proof with corrections)
Engraver
Charles Douin, Paris
Publisher
Paris: Durand, 1905. Plate D. & F. 6532.
Misc. Notes
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.
Publisher
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1962. Plate 29764.
Reprinted
Moscow: Muzyka, 1978. Plate 7621.
Misc. Notes
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
Copyright
Original Version (1905)
Original Version (1905)
Muzgiz, 1962.
Publisher
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1962. Plate 29764.
Reprinted
London: Ernst Eulenburg, No. 1321, n.d.(ca.1969). Plate E.E. 6344.
Misc. Notes
Despite the oddity of this edition, Eulenburg sold this score well into the 1990s.
Copyright
Original Version (1905)
Original Version (1905)
Muzgiz, 1962.
Publisher
Moscow: Muzgiz, 1962. Plate 29764.
Reprinted
Beijing: People's Music Publishing House, 1985.
Misc. Notes
Bad scan quality.
Copyright
Revised Version (1909)
Revised Version (1909)
Revised Version (1909)
Revised Version (1909)
Durand & Fils, 1909.
Publisher
Paris: Durand & Fils, 1909. Plate D. & F. 6532, 6838.
Reprinted
Three Great Orchestral Works in Full Score
Mineola: Dover Publications, 1983.
Mineola: Dover Publications, 1983.
Misc. Notes
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).
Copyright
Revised Version (1909)
Revised Version (1909)
Edition Peters, No. 9153a, (1971)*.
Editor
Max Pommer (b. 1936)
Publisher
Leipzig: Edition Peters, No. 9153a, (1971)*. Plate E.P. 12606.
Reprinted
China: Guānghuá Chūbǎnshè, n.d.
Misc. Notes
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
Copyright
Revised Version (1909)
Revised Version (1909)
Éditions Durand, 1997.
Editor
Marie Rolf (b. 1950)
Publisher
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.
Misc. Notes
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).
Copyright
Revised Version (1909)
Revised Version (1909)
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