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A Study On The Music And Performance Of Four Piano Blues In Copeland

Posted on:2016-02-06Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2175330470450750Subject:School of music and dance
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American composer Aaron Copland is an accomplished, to create rich, Americanmusic was his lifelong pursuit. His work is filled with jazz style, fantasy and charm,many popular melodies still being sung. He is widely well known work is " humoroussong: Tom and Jerry", this work is also successful in the American jazz and loungemusic into the music field in which, for the majority of the people to accept. Althoughthe field of Copland created more involved, but it was his solo piano to make a greatercontribution to the development of jazz hand, The piano works composed in variousstages of the formation of his personal style, the original creation is the beginning ofthe French stage, clear song structure, contrasting melody full of personality so widelyfavored by the audience.At present, the domestic for piano blues of research, so I study and play afterwork,through a variety of methods to explore and study music. In this paper, on thebasis of the early20th century American musical and cultural backgrounds as well asthe characteristics of the study on the creation of Copland, the Copland "four pianoblues " music styles and playing techniques were detailed analysis, the most notablefeature is reflected in the blues, rhythm and jazz styles on the clever use.This paperdiscusses the technique of playing is the author summed up by long practice andplaying method involves a variety of voices. I hope that through this article discussespiano learners can deepen understanding and love for Copland.
Keywords/Search Tags:Copland, Blues, Four piano blues
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