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
Jersey holds its first modern marathon
- Jersey held its first modern marathon in 2006 when 300 long-distance runners set off on a route that took them across the island.
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Jersey rejects proposed timezone change
- A proposal to adopt Central European Time was put to Jersey voters, who rejected it in favour of maintaining the island's link with UK time.
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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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Printer and publisher John Guiton is born
- John Guiton acquired the Jersey Evening post very soon after its creation and his name has been associated with Channel Islands publishing ever since.
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