Research On The Piano Music Characteristics Of Debussy And Ravel

Both Debussy and Ravel were outstanding French composers at the end of the 19th century.Both of them were influenced by the same literary thoughts and the same social background,and both boldly challenged the traditional college model,which made their creations necessarily have similarities.Therefore,many people regard Ravel as one of the imitators of Debussy,but this is not the case.Ravel,like Debussy,has the characteristics of impressionist music creation,but the difference is that Debussy’s piano creation uses ingenious creative techniques,including the structure of the music,and the sound weaving,in order to break the traditional rules.Factors such as body and sound color make his works completely out of the traditional model of the past and create a new style.Although Ravel’s piano creation also uses impressionism,he inherited the elements of classical music and did not get rid of classical form and strict rules completely.The principles of classical music and the characteristics of impressionist music are organically integrated in his works.This article starts with the works of the same subject of water,"Reflets dans l’eau" and "Jeux d’ eau",trying to explain the difference between the two composers.Debussy’s "Reflets dans l’ eau" is one of his more mature works.He uses a sentence to describe this work:"This music reflects the new discovery of harmony organization and change." Ravel’s "Water Playfulness is made in the student era.This work clearly shows that Ravel has formed his own musical style.The author tries to analyze the commonality and individuality in the creation of Debussy’s and Ravel’s piano music from these two works,to explore the characteristics of the creation between the two composers.The full text is divided into four parts:The first chapter expounds the historical background of impressionism,which leads to the origin and characteristics of impressionist music;the second chapter elaborates the characteristics of Debussy and Ravel piano music creation,and two The composer’s enlightenment on European piano music and the creation of modern Chinese piano music;the third chapter analyzes the characteristics of the two composers’ representative works "Reflets dans l’ eau" and "Jeux d’ eau",from Harmony Comparative studies have been carried out in the aspects of music,melody,and woven body.The fourth chapter further elaborates the experience of "Reflets dans l’ eau" and "Jeux d’ eau" in the performance of the author’s actual performance,the touch of the key The inductive summary of the difficult skill breakthroughs such as grasping,pedal application,and rhythm accuracy was selected,and several versions of famous pianists from different countries were selected for analysis.Although Impressionist music has not been popular for a long time,it has opened the door of music in the 20th century,making European music an important step towards Western modern music.Debussy and Ravel as representative figures make Impressionism Music has the characteristics of modern music and has made an important foundation for Western modern music.For Chinese modern music,impressionism music coincides with the artistic conception of Chinese traditional art,which can be said to have a great impact on Chinese modern music.