15th October 1905
Debussy’s La Mer performed for the first time
La Mer, by French composer Claude Debussy, had its first public performance in Paris in October 1905. It had taken 18 months to compose, with work starting in Burgundy and drawing to a close in Eastbourne. Between these, a portion was also completed in Jersey where the sea proved a source of inspiration.
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Other events that occured in October
Under-defended Jersey mulls conscription
- Six years before it was invaded and occupied during the Second World War, Jersey’s authorities recognised that the island was dangerously under-defended.
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Fort Regent construction approved
- Construction of the leisure and entertainment centre at Fort Regent was authorised in 1961 but it would take several years to complete.
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Debussy’s La Mer performed for the first time
- Debussy wrote some of La Mer during his time in Jersey. It had its first performance in Paris in 1905.
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Painter John Le Capelain is born in St Helier
- Jersey painter John Le Capelain was born in 1812 both nobody knows quite where. It was either St Helier or London.
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