The work was started in 1903 in France and completed in 1905 at Grand Hotel Eastbourne on the English Channel coast. The premiere was given on 15 October 1905 in Paris, by the Orchestre Lamoureux under the direction of Camille Chevillard. Eastbourne was also where Frank Bridge was to complete his suite The Sea in 1911. Debussy arranged the piece for piano for four hands in 1905,[Grove Music Online 1] and in 1909 his publisher Durand presented a second edition of La mer with the composer's revisions.
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