Discussion About The Beauty In The Form Of Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words

This essay starts with the characteristics of the beauty in the form of Mendelssohn's songs without words. On defining and elaborating the musical beauty in the form, attentively discussing about the Mendelssohn's appreciation of the beauty, summarizing the artistic style of songs without words, this essay answered some difficult questions in the research of songs without words, accordingly put forward the new suggestions about piano teaching and piano-play techniques. All of these improved the unique charm on the beautiful form which the songs without words have owned.The first chapter lays the stress on the definition and elaboration about the beauty in the form which is composed of the definition about it, the summary about music forms and the innate character of the beauty in the form. Sequentially, this chapter analyzes the specific reasons why the beauty in forms can give out the unique charm in various artistic musical styles.The second chapter emphasizes the introductions about Mendelssohn and his songs without words. It begins with Mendelssohn's musical experiences, and then, elaborates his musical appreciation of the beauty on the basis of the historical materials. The writer analyzes the reasons how Mendelssohn's artistic styles formed on the research of background the songs without words were in and Mendelssohn's personal experiences.The third chapter analyzes and elaborates the musical appreciation characteristics. Firstly, the writer comprehensively analyzes songs without words on the plain musical forms. Then, the writer expatiates on songs without words on the views of the gracefulness, the charms in comedy and tragedy. Finally, the writer takes some specific compositions as examples to explain the characteristics of the songs without words in melody characteristics, the grace notes, the rhythm meters, modes and the intensity which gradually deepened the characteristics of the songs without words in the beautiful forms. On the basis of the introductions and discussions hereinbefore, the fourth chapter observes and studies the practice value of songs without words in beautiful forms. The accent in this chapter is how to deal with theme melody and accompanies excellently when one plays songs without words with the piano. Mostly, this chapter gives a new position about the methods and value in piano teaching and its artistic expressions in the research that theme melody should hide or be independence in accompanies.The stresses and creations in this essay are following:I. The essay recovered the aesthetic original appearance of Mendelssohn's songs without words on the discussion about its beauty in the form and a lot of examples in details which made up for the less understanding and inadequacy in research of songs without words, correcting its research deviation.II. This essay has its own original view on Mendelssohn's realization ability in music, the composition constructions of songs without words and harmonic research under the professional research methods of the aesthetics theory and musical psychology. Even more, this essay gave some new explanations about the musical characteristics about songs without words and ideas about how to play the complicated compositions like songs without words by piano,III. This essay offers a great deal of beneficial hints on the appreciation of musical compositions, the analysis of the piano-play theory and the research of the piano teaching by the research achievements and methods.