A Research and Interpretation of 'Piano Sonata in A Major, D 664' by Franz Schubert

Autor: Shu-Wen Yu, 游舒雯
Rok vydání: 2011
Druh dokumentu: 學位論文 ; thesis
Popis: 99
The Austrian composer Franz Schubert(1797-1828)presented music ideas in traditional sonata form, created elegant melodies and treated classical forms to unleash his emotions; He worked out a new way of Romantic music style. In the history of piano music, he played an important role for inheriting from the past and carrying on for the future. Schubert produced many masterpieces - more than 120 in keyboard genre, including piano sonatas, impromptus, moments musicaux, fantasies, waltzes etc. Among them, the twenty-one piano sonatas are most significant in developing and establishing his unique music style. An attempt to explore and study on the structure of Schubert‘s A Major Piano Sonata, D 664, focusing on the interpretation and performing aspects of this great composition will be made in this thesis. Schubert, affected by art chants and graceful melodies, presented romantic style in classical standards. He exercised an expansive treatment of classical forms, and had a seemingly endless gift for melody. Unleashing the composer’s inner emotions, Schubert’s works are all characterized by rich harmonies and full of vocal beauties. He was much inspired by the nature and rustic journey. His musical works are rich in colors and full of country folk song elements. This research is basically focused on the music structure of Franz Schubert’s A Major Piano Sonata, D 664. Containing graceful fluent melody, laconic development and unique main-theme-coda, this sonata reveals not only impressive elegant flavor, furthermore, the unharmonious chords in this composition make a sense of melancholy, fast note-groups and compound dance-like rhythm bring out an atmosphere of joy. Franz Schubert’s Piano Sonata D 664 profoundly reveals a composer’s everlasting generous open mind and wisdom towards an unfavorable life.
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