Franz Liszt: Les Jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este

Franz Liszt was a frequent guest of the acting cardinal at the Villa d?Este, situated in Tivoli near Rome. His ?Jeux d?eaux? describe the glittering fountains, part of the water features at the villa; in measure 144 Liszt also added a quotation from the Bible to the musical text about the ?water of life?, thus giving the work a religious context. Maurice Ravel, who was also inspired to write a composition ?Jeux d?eau? (HN 841) thanks to Liszt, gave his work a markedly secular accompanying text. This new single edition from the third volume of the ?Années de Pèlerinage? (HN175) is a counterpart to Henle's recently published Urtext edition of Ravel?s masterpiece.

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