In 19th century, the western music was propelled by the romanticism. Composers leaned toward the seeking of self-consciousness, and left away from the constraints of the traditional music form. Therefore, the ¡§character variation¡¨ became the most distinguished method of variations in this period. In the Symphonic Etudes, Schumann put the idea of variations into his etudes. Based on one subject, he developed it by using the technique of character variation to make each variation not only shows virtuoso practicing, but also keeps it full of creativity and imagination, in which showed his unique composing style.
On the other hand, in order to show the ¡§symphony¡¨ character, lots of counterpoint textures were applied in op. 13, along with the application of massive chords in order to create the colorful gradation effect just like an orchestra. Therefore, in Symphonic Etudes op. 13, no matter you are looking at it from its harmonic texture of subject, switch of tonality, and the tone color change, one can see that Schumann used his unique composition writing and the mature techniques of variation. Therefore op. 13 is not only filled with Schumann¡¦s personal music language, but also the artistic value of the romantic etude.
This thesis is divided into three chapters in addition to the preface and the conclusion. Chapter one is to focus on the background of op. 13, in which the combination of ¡§Variation¡¨, and ¡§Etude¡¨ is explained in detail. Chapter two is to thoroughly investigate the composition method in op. 13, in which divided into four sections for analysis, including rhythm, harmony, melody texture, and orchestral effects. The final chapter is to make a summary based on the variation characters, and the special piano techniques.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0719107-154850 |
| Date | 19 July 2007 |
| Creators | Lin, I-chen |
| Contributors | none, none, Lee, Mei-Wen |
| 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-0719107-154850 |
| Rights | unrestricted, Copyright information available at source archive |
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