Paul Silverthorne ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
>What a delight to hear again from the great Miss Shacklock. We do of
>course know that Debussy wrote 'La Mer' at Eastbourne so this particularly
>Gallic view of the sea is looking towards rather than from France.
Apparently we *don't* know that. According to the announcer at the GMYO
Prom, it was composed in Burgundy, merely *orchestrated* at Eastbourne.
Deryk Barker
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