Music for Children op. 65, containing twelve entitled pieces, was composed by S. Prokofiev in 1935 with clearly pedagogical purpose. The styles of the pieces cover the five main categories (or ¡§lines¡¨, as the composer called) of Prokofiev music, including the classical, the modern, the toccata, the lyrical, and the grotesque. The musical content of each piece correlates with its title, and also provides picturesque imagination vividly by employing different piano techniques, such as scales, arpeggios, broken chords, leaps, hand-crossing, contrapuntal texture, legato, staccato, portato, and tenuto. Performers learn to use these techniques to create the musical scenes and profundity. It is helpful to performers to extend their musical sensation and the ability of expression. While exploring the connection between techniques and musical interpretation, this research will combine the piano technique theory of Gyorgy Sandor to provide more specific suggestions of piano playing. This thesis is divided into three chapters except the preface and the conclusion. The first chapter presents briefly the life of Prokofiev and his characteristic style. The second chapter discusses the background of Music for Children, and analyzes the formal structures and compositional traits of the twelve pieces. Based on the five unique musical elements of Prokofiev and Sandor¡¦s theory, the third chapter researches the pedagogical value of both technique concept and musical inspiration from Music for Children.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0731107-154905 |
| Date | 31 July 2007 |
| Creators | Li, Ya-shan |
| Contributors | Szu-shian, Li, Yea-shiuh, Lin, Mei-wen, Li |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0731107-154905 |
| Rights | unrestricted, Copyright information available at source archive |
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