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Depuis Toujours". " La Mer " ("The Sea") is a song by the French composer, lyricist, singer and showman Charles Trenet. The song was first recorded by the French singer Roland Gerbeau in 1945. When Trenet's version was released in 1946, it became an unexpected hit and has remained a chanson classic and jazz standard ever since.
Charles Trenet. Louis Charles Augustin Georges Trenet ( French pronunciation: [lwi ʃaʁl oɡystɛ̃ ʒɔʁʒ tʁenɛ]; 18 May 1913 – 19 February 2001) [1] was a renowned French singer-songwriter who composed both the music and the lyrics for nearly 1,000 songs over a career that lasted more than 60 years.
Beyond the Sea (song) " Beyond The Sea " is the English-language version of the French song "La Mer" by Charles Trenet, popularized by Bobby Darin in 1959. While the French original was an ode to the sea, Jack Lawrence – who composed the English lyrics – turned it into a love song. [ 1]
La mer was the second of Debussy's three orchestral works in three sections, the other being Nocturnes (1892–1899) and Images pour orchestre (1905–1912). The first, the Nocturnes, premiered in Paris in 1901 and though it had not made any great impact on the public, it was well-reviewed by musicians including Paul Dukas, Alfred Bruneau and Pierre de Bréville.
AllMusic. [2] Sur la Mer is the thirteenth album by the Moody Blues. It was released in 1988. [3] It features the hit single "I Know You're Out There Somewhere", a sequel to their 1986 hit "Your Wildest Dreams". [4] Much of the music on the album would fit in the "synthpop" genre, though it does incorporate more rock and acoustic influences ...
90. Le Silence de la mer ( French: [lə silɑ̃s də la mɛʁ], English titles Silence of the Sea and Put Out the Light, is a French novella written in 1941 by Jean Bruller under the pseudonym "Vercors". [1] Published secretly in German-occupied Paris in 1942, [2] the book quickly became a symbol of mental resistance against German occupiers.
It is a poetic evocation of the sights and sounds of the sea and coast; the singer concludes that "the sea has beguiled my heart for life with a song of love" (loose translation!). -- mervyn ( talk) 14:11, 20 February 2009 (UTC) [ reply]
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