"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. Our new single edition from the third volume of the ''Annees de Pelerinage'' (HN 175) is a counterpart to our recently published Urtext edition of Ravel's masterpiece.?"