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  2. La Mer (song) - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Le Silence de la mer - Wikipedia

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    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. [1]

  4. Charles Trenet - Wikipedia

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    "La Mer" is Trenet's best-known work outside the French-speaking world, with more than 400 recorded versions. The tune, given unrelated English words and the title " Beyond the Sea " (or sometimes "Sailing"), was a hit for Bobby Darin in the early 1960s, and George Benson in the mid-1980s.

  5. Beyond the Sea (song) - Wikipedia

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    "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.

  6. La mer (Debussy) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. La mer - Wikipedia

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    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)

  8. Talk:La Mer (song) - Wikipedia

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    Trenet wrote the lyrics of "La Mer" on a train in 1943 while travelling along the French Mediterranean coast, returning from Paris to Narbonne. He supposedly wrote the song in ten minutes, on toilet paper supplied by SNCF ( National Corporation of French Railways ).

  9. Poème de l'amour et de la mer - Wikipedia

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    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.