A Study On The Harmony Of "Three Piano Sonatas" In Hindemith

Paul Hindemith(1895-1963) is one of the most important composers of the 20 th century.Important representative of the early 20 th century Neoclassicism, he influenced neoclassical thought, opposed to the kind of heavy late Romantic style. Many of his musical works to draw material from Baroque music material. He always believed that real good music is tonal works,he Schoenberg’s atonal music creation has been opposed, Hindemith’s music is truly think from natural, pure things, Music in the overtone series is built on the basis of, and the establishment of a system of tonal theory, far-reaching.This article is based on a Half of the 20 th century in Germany and development of the background music to Hindemith’s three piano sonatas as the research object, using Hindemith harmony theory as the main research method, three piano sonatas performed in-depth analysis.Different from the study of the works in the traditional sense of harmony. Three piano sonatas composed in 1936, the paper is divided into four chapters introduction focuses on the historical background of Germany and Hindemith’s creative background, Chapter II, first to clarify the source of Hindemith theory and the theory of harmony structural features, in many ways after skeleton features works such as tension chord depth analysis from the content of the work. The third chapter discusses the tonal harmony and termination type of development this theory, this new understanding of the theory of tonal and harmonic different from the traditional concept of tonal harmony; The fourth chapter discusses the melody The sound level were conducted and progressive, and find harmony from melody.