A Comparative Analysis Of Debussy's "Reflection In The Water" And Ravel's "Playing In Water"

In the history of piano art,impressionism is an important style,which we must deeply understand and focus on when we study and play the piano works.Claude Debussy(1862-1918)and Maurice Ravel(1875-1937)are representatives of the French impressionist innovative music celebrities in the late 19th century.Reflets dans 1’ eau and Jeux d’ eau are both extraordinary works inspired by water,which also plays an important role in the compositional technique of impressionist composers as a creative element.In this essay,hrough comparisons of the compositional background,style and performanc.e skills of Debussy’s Reflets dans 1’ eau and and Ravel’ s Jeux d’ eau,we can grasp from the historical evolution,artistic style and technique theory,ean understand impressionist works from macroscopic to microcosmic,can find the presentation of impressionism style,and can explore the influence of natural environment of impressionist works creation,to proyide the evidence for the future research about impressionism.