La mer est plus belle
| Song Title | La mer est plus belle (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Claude Debussy |
| Author(s): | Paul Verlaine |
| Author Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Admiration; Anger; Beautiful; Beauty; Cathedrals; Colors; Contrast; Forgiveness; Immense; Nature; Patient; Personification: Seas; Power; Seas; Vastness; Waves |
| First Line | La mer est plus belle (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1891 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=88764 |
| Larger Work | Trois mélodies (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Decadent Movement (Search) |
| Original Language | French (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/a/a5/IMSLP14818-Debussy_-_3_Mélodies_(Verlaine)_(voice_and_piano).pdf |
| Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iM9OaCMgvc |
| Link to IPA Source | https://www.ipasource.com/product/la-mer-est-plus-belle-2/ |
| Catalog Designation | L 81 no. 1 (Search) |
| Range: | D4 - G5 (Search) |
| Original Key | Bb Major (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Ernest Chausson (Search) |
| Premiered By | Marthe Legrand (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | Hal Leonard (ed. Briscoe) M.; International. (Search) |