Research On Debussy's Ariettes Oubliées

Claude Achille Debussy is one of the greatest and most creative composer at the turn of the century. His music works are a bridge between the romantic music of the 19th century and the music of the 20th century. Debussy was the founder of impressionistic music, with his unique music language impressionism music opened. Debussy's music creation is very extensive, covers the art songs, piano, orchestra, opera, etc. Art songs are one of the important aspects of creation, all through the creation of the trajectory of his life.Debussy's art songs are perfect combination of poetry and music. For the singers who wanting to study the French artistic songs, Debussy's music is must to be known and learned. He wrote more than 100 art songs, published more than 60 first. Ariettes Oubliees is one of the early masterpieces. This piece of work has a graceful rhythm and is filled with inenarrable melancholy. This work provided a passage from lyrics, poetry poet Paul Verlaine wordless romance. Learning this work is very great significant to further grasp Debussy's art songs method.This paper consists of four parts. The first part is the introduction of Debussy's creative style and his stages of creation. And it emphatically introduced the creation of art songs and style. The second part of the paper is about the life and creativity of Paul Verlaine, who was the symbolism on behalf of the School of the poet, many of the words of the art songs writing by Debussy comes from Paul Verlaine's poems.This chapter is discussed in detail about the creative process and style characteristics of Paul Verlaine. Apart from a through analysis of the characteristics of Ariettes Oubliees, this thesis analyses the singing of Debussy's six works. Basically, I have an overall understanding of Debussy's singing styles. The last part is conclusion:the art of Debussy's songs is the perfect combination of poetry and music.we should sing the work after understanding of impressionist paintings and symbolist poetry. Debussy's art songs have high value of and extremely important historical position.