從《康科德奏鳴曲》探討艾伍士的音樂創作與思維
| Autor: | Tzu-Chia Tseng, 曾子嘉 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 94 Piano Sonata No. 2: Concord, Mass. 1840-1860 is the important piece of Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954), who is an American composer in the 20th century. It is started in 1904 and finalized after nearly a half of the century later. In order to expound on his ideas and thoughts of composition, Ives wrote down a related monograph Essays Before a Sonata (1920). In this sonata for a piano, Ives centered the thoughts of Transcendentalism in American Literature and developed with the ideas of literary authors, who led the fashion at that moment, to compose the musical piece of truly American characteristics in his opinion. In the four movements with different musical features but connected by the theme dully, the composer put in indescribable deep feelings and emotions as well as disclose his most hankering for the spirit of Concord. With the axis of Concord Sonata and Essays Before a Sonata, this thesis aims at discussing Ives’ music and thoughts by its first performance, its structure and the description. There are five chapters in this thesis. Chapter One and Chapter Five are Introduction and Conclusion respectively. Chapter Two based on the first performance of Concord Sonata by John Kirkpatrick, discusses the process of his playing this piece, the influences of his performance on Ives, his understanding and respects towards the composer, and the cause and contribution of his exerting himself to Ives then. Chapter Three focuses on the piece itself; from the literature, it discusses the composing time and the origin of its source material, and then analyses the theme and the structure. Chapter Four starts from the Transcendentalism, which influences Ives greatly, and the connection among this literary trend, the composer and the piece, and then discusses respectively the six parts of Essays Before a Sonata to explore the most deeply inner world of the composer. |
| Databáze: | Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations |
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