Béla Bartók was one of the outstanding Hungarian musicians in 20th century, who created and developed his own unique music of style called ¡§Night Music.¡¨ After premiered ¡§The Night¡¦s Music¡¨ (the fourth piece of the piano suite Out of Doors) in1926, Bartók decided the name and characteristics of Night Music, and then placed plentifully such style in his later compositions.
Night Music mainly reflects Bartók¡¦s love for nature and concerns about Hungary. With abundant colors of sounds, Bartók depicted vividly the tranquil and dim atmosphere of night. His compositional techniques, mimicked sounds of various nocturnal animals in Hungarian nights, expressing power of nature and breaking the stereotype of quietness about night.
The contents of this thesis are divided into three parts besides introduction and conclusion. The first part is Bartók¡¦s career of music, and his compositional style. In the second part, the differences between Nocturne in the 19th century and Bartók¡¦s Night Music will be examined. Then, the Night Music will be discussed in two dimensions: its origin and its features. The third part uses mainly ¡§The Night¡¦s Music¡¨, with supplement of the second movement of Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion, and the second movement of Concerto No. 3 for Piano and Orchestra, in order to analyse the features and the unique compositional skills of Night Music.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0716110-103851 |
| Date | 16 July 2010 |
| Creators | Su, Yu-Ting |
| Contributors | Kheng K. Koay, Mei-wen Lee, Yea-shiuh Lin |
| 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-0716110-103851 |
| Rights | not_available, Copyright information available at source archive |
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