Ravel Jeux deau, Sheet Music + Audio

Maurice Ravel Jeux d eau, 1901. Performed by JeanYves Thibaudet. Jeux d eau, literally water games, is a piece dedicated to Gabriel Fauré, Ravel s teacher at the time. The piece is meant to reflect the sounds water makes as it cascades, splashes, and bubbles through brooks. Ravel included the quote Dieu fluvial riant de l eau qui le on the manuscript, from Régnier s Cité des eaux, a volume of poems. Roughly, that translates to River god laughing as the water tickles