This article makes a case for constructing a map of Maurice Ravel’s “La vallée des cloches” (The valley of the bells) by showing how the process of mapping the piece can provide valuable insights from a variety of perspectives, such as: 1) offering insights into how the piece’s many bell sounds are individuated from each other and interact with one another in creating intricate formal and temporal frameworks; 2) emphasizing prominent aspects of Ravel’s aesthetics such as mechanistic impulses, spatial and metaphorical thinking, literary influences, and nostalgic fascination with the past; 3) situating the piece within the context of significant changes in France at the turn of the twentieth century marked by the declining prominence of bells in defining the auditory landscape, the symbolism bells carried with them, and the role bells played in marking temporal rhythms for French society; and 4) showing how many aspects of the piece highlighted throughout the mapping process align in suggestive ways with significant performance considerations.

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绘制拉威尔的“La vallée des cloches”

本文通过展示绘制该作品的过程如何从各种角度提供有价值的见解，为构建莫里斯拉威尔的“La valléedes cloches”（钟声谷）的地图提供了一个案例，例如：1）提供深入了解该作品的许多钟声如何相互独立，并在创建复杂的形式和时间框架中相互作用；2）强调拉威尔美学的突出方面，例如机械冲动、空间和隐喻思维、文学影响以及对过去的怀旧迷恋；3) 将这件作品置于 20 世纪之交法国发生重大变化的背景下，其特点是钟声在定义听觉景观方面的重要性下降，钟声所携带的象征意义，以及钟声在标记法国社会的时间节奏方面所起的作用；4) 显示在整个映射过程中突出显示的作品有多少方面以暗示性的方式与重要的性能考虑相一致。