Before being staged, any interpreting act be it instrumental or vocal needs to go through a careful analysis that should take into account the structure of the work performed, but also the style of the composer and the age to which it belongs. It was inspired by a piece by lizst of the same name. Jeux deau, literally water games, is a piece dedicated to gabriel faure, ravel s teacher at the time. Ricardo vines was the first to publicly perform the work in 1902. Exploring the innovation elements from ravels jeux deau by guo impressionism 1, emphasis on tone color and sound of instruments rather melody 2, use of dreamy and atmospheric textures and moods 3, lack of strong rhythmic impulses to propel the music 4, use of programmatic. Elements of impressionism evoked in debussy and ravels reflets dans leau and jeux deau. Impressionism jeux deau in e major, by the impressionism composer maurice ravel. The following 57 pages are in this category, out of 57 total. The title is often translated as fountains, playing water or literally water games. Pools and fountains had been a feature from roman times, but.
Close now that you have this pdf score, members artist are waiting for a feedback from you in exchange of this free access. Jeux deau italian giochi dacqua or water games, is an umbrella term in the history of gardens for the water features that were introduced into mid16th century mannerist italian gardens. The title can be variously translated asfountains or water games. One of ravels earliest works, jeux deau was written for solo piano in 1901.
Maurice ravel 7 march 1875 28 december 1937 transcribed from. This piano piece was initially published in the year 1901 and is included in miscellaneous pieces by ravel. Jeux deau, which translates as play of water or fountains, draws on the technically brilliant pianistic style of franz liszt, one of ravels heroes. It is dedicated to gabriel faure, under whom ravel was studying at the time. Of debussy and ravel thesis presented to the graduate council of the north texas state teachers college in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of. In esso ritroviamo alcuni tratti stilistici tipici della scrittura raveliana, come ad esempio il frequente uso di accordi paralleli di settima. Elements of impressionism evoked in debussy and ravels. While writing it, ravel was a student of gabriel faure, to whom the piece is dedicated. The title is often translated as fountains, playing water or literally water games see jeux deau, water features in gardens. Jeux deau pronounced is a piece for solo piano by maurice ravel. Ravels jeux deau a brief history and analysis youtube. Liszt and the french musicians of his time liszt ferenc.
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