拉威尔是一位作品众多的杰出作曲家，但是在当今快节奏的社会状态影响下，人们的审美情趣有了偏向性，大多喜爱其《夜之幽灵》、《镜子》等这一类大型、炫技、具有听赏效果的作品，而忽视了同样具有独特价值的一些小巧精致的作品，其中《古风小步舞曲》就是典型例子。本文通过对拉威尔《古风小步舞曲》的文献、审美、教学这三方面价值进行多角度的具体分析研究，加深大众对该作品的理解感知，体会该作品的音乐价值，揭示精致小巧类作品的价值和独特性，引发大众对于此类作品的关注。

    Ravel is an outstanding composer with many works, but under the influence of today's fast-paced social state, people's aesthetic taste is biased. Most of them are fond of such works as " Gaspard de la Nuit "、 " Miroirs " and so on, which are large, dazzling and have the effect of listening and appreciating, but ignore some small and exquisite works with unique value，Among them, "Menuet antique" is a typical example. This paper analyzes the literature, aesthetic and teaching values of Ravel's "Menuet antique" from multiple perspectives, so as to deepen the public's understanding and perception of the work, experience the music value of the work, reveal the value and uniqueness of delicate and small works, and arouse the public's attention to such works.