Ondine - M. Ravel

French composer Maurice Ravel draws inspiration from the French Poet Aloysius Bertrand’s (1807-1842) book of poetry called “Gaspard de la Nuit” (1908). A fantasy in itself, Bertrand tells a tail of encountering a mysterious old man who calls himself Gaspard of the night, who leaves the manuscript to the narrator and vanishes. The narrator realizes Gaspard is a pseudonym for the devil. Ravel adapted three poems from the book. Ondine is the opening piece of the trilogy, “describes the seductive song of the water spirit, after extolling the wonders of her watery kingdom, invites the object of her serenade to accept her ring of engagement. When he declines, stating that he is betrothed to a mortal, she laughs and sprays his window pane with water as she disappears.” (Gardon, 1996, p. 394). 法国作曲家，莫里斯-拉威尔的灵感来自法国诗人Aloysius Bertrand的诗书，名为 “夜晚的加斯帕德” （Gaspard de la Nuit）。这是一个虚幻的故事，作家Bertrand 讲述他遇见一位神秘的老人，此人称自己为夜晚的加斯帕德。他给了作者一本书就神秘的消失了，作家意识到Gaspard是魔鬼的化身。 拉威尔采用了三首诗，谱写了一组技术难度极高的钢琴曲。水精灵Ondine是三部曲的第一首，形容的是水仙女唱的小夜曲，歌颂水下美妙的王国，引诱她的”猎物“接受她的订婚戒指。当水仙女被拒绝时，她放声爆笑，掀起的浪花喷洒在他的玻璃窗上，消失在水里。 FangFang Shi Inouye, Piano #piano #music #Ravel #Ondine #Water