An Analysis Of The Characteristics Of Tan Dun 's Piano Suite' S

Tan Dun is a distinguished contemporary composer and conductor whohas created a large number of musical works. The piano suite of Yi is thefirst works he created during his college life which includes eight pieces—Gazing at the Autumn Moon, Children’s Hour,Herdboy’s Song, Listen tomother to tell stories, Ancient Burial, In the Wilderness, Floating Clouds andRejoice. He takes the Chinese folk music as the source materials andpresents them through the advanced composing techniques. He endows eachof the pieces with fresh vitality to make them become the masterpiece. Thispaper is divided into three parts to carry out the discussion.Firstly, it introduces Tan Dun and his works. Besides, it elaborates hiscomposing style combined with his works.Secondly, it analyzes the piano suite of Yi. It has a detailed narrationfrom several aspects which are composing background, structure of musicalform, performance characteristics and musical expression.Lastly, it elaborates the artistic value and humanistic connotation of pianosuite of Yi.The works of Tan Dun has a profound influence on the world’s musiccircle. He promotes the Chinese culture and Chinese folk music to the wholeworld. He certainly will be a great composer; therefore, it is necessary tohave a comprehensive study on the piano works of Tan Dun.