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"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. The song was first recorded by the French singer Roland Gerbeau in 1945.
The Poème de l'amour et de la mer (literally, Poem of Love and the Sea), Op. 19, is a song cycle for voice and orchestra by Ernest Chausson. It was composed over an extended period between 1882 and 1892 and dedicated to Henri Duparc. Chausson would write another major work in the same genre, the Chanson perpétuelle, in 1898.
"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]
While it's nice to have the original French lyrics, wouldn't also be good to have an English translation, as this is English-language Wikipedia and it would be nice to know what the lyrics mean? And don't direct me to the English-language version of this song, because those lyrics are not a direct translation. 98.221.124.80 10:32, 30 April 2010 ...
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.
La mer may refer to: La mer, an orchestral composition by Claude Debussy "La Mer" (song), a 1946 song by Charles Trenet; La Mer (horse), a champion racehorse; La Mer, an 1895 film directed by Louis Lumière; La Mer, a brand of cosmetics owned by the Estée Lauder Companies "La Mer", a song on The Fragile (Nine Inch Nails album)
"Beau soir" has been recorded by many singers, including Barbra Streisand (on her album Classical Barbra), Maggie Teyte, Véronique Gens, Giuseppe De Luca, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Renée Fleming, Jessye Norman (last track on the album An Evening With Jessye Norman), and Diana Damrau.
"Il était un petit navire" (pronounced [il‿etɛt‿œ̃ pət'i nav'iʁ], lit. ' There was a little ship ') is a traditional French song that is now considered a children's song, despite its macabre tone.