Vallée d¡¦Obermann is the large-scale character piece of Années de Pèlerinage : Suisse. This composition was published in 1842, which was inspired by the landscape and literary works¡¦ reading while Liszt and Countess Marie d¡¦Agoult traveled to Switzerland. Its musical content is closely related to the novel Obermann by French writer Étienne Pivert de Senancour. Liszt quoted the Letter 63 and Letter 4 from the novel as the preface of Obermann. Vallée d¡¦Obermann , compensated by Byron¡¦s Childe Harold¡¦s Piligrimage.
This thesis would focus on the relationship between music and literature of Liszt¡¦s Vallée d¡¦Obermann. The research includes three chapters. Chapter one will describe mainly Liszt¡¦s music career and literary background, and discuss how Liszt¡¦s writing program music is related to literature, and survey all his literature related piano works. Chapter two would introduce Senancour¡¦s life and Obermann¡¦s writing background. The unique characteristic of the novel will be explored . Chapter three, the musical analysis and interpretation parts will reveal the historical background of Vallée d¡¦Obermann, its detailed analysis of the formal structure, the compositional style, and the relevance of literary work. From scholars¡¦ view, the interpretational suggestions will be included. By studying this topic, performers will understand the connection between music and literature in Vallée d¡¦Obermann , and more listeners can really appreciate this music from their heart..
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0203110-130527 |
| Date | 03 February 2010 |
| Creators | Kang, Tzu-ai |
| Contributors | Ying, Kwang-i, Yea-Shiuh Lin, Wan-jong Chou |
| 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-0203110-130527 |
| Rights | withheld, Copyright information available at source archive |
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