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Mendelssohn "a Midsummer Night's Dream" Music And Dramatic Characteristics

Posted on:2009-04-07Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:M R ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2205360242494682Subject:Western music history
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German composer Mendelssohn Bartholdy Felix(1809-1847) is one of romanticism time representative personages, his work and music social activity to German music development influential role. His life creation quite abundant, but also craves in each kind of music social activity, to afterward the German classical music's development have built the solid foundation. The Mendelssohn natural talent is intelligent, scintillation, in music, the literature, the fine arts and the foreign language aspect very much has the attainments. He excels from the literary work to unearth music creation the source material, and is the recognition the rare talent who describes the scenery with music.The romanticism time, music and the related culture's relation is especially close. Mendelssohn was at that time one of versatile representative personages, he was not only the musician, but was also skilled in the drawing, also very much had the research to the literature and the philosophy. 17 year-old Mendelssohn in read after Dike and Translator Schley Ghale "a Midsummer Night's Dream", the play in attracts his literary figure with music to express, created four to unite the ball the piano music, latter reorganized for the orchestral music overture "a Midsummer Night's Dream", has obtained the success by the exquisite melody and the ingenious adapter technique. This overture's roaring success causes Prussia king 17 years later invites Mendelssohn to carry on once more for Shakespeare this comedy in Berlin's performance dubs in music. Mendelssohn has imitated the overture which creates originally, and takes the overture the foundation which dubs in music completely, causes it to become the organic whole. Mendelssohn is German music culture outstanding tradition representative, he has the lofty faith and the pursue to art, through studies "a Midsummer Night's Dream", may inquire about how Mendelssohn versatile is at the same time does unfold in music creation, does he in aspect and so on how literature, fine arts talents is utilize music category, from this summarizes Mendelssohn's creation characteristic and music style, and further unearths its music the theatrical characteristic, simultaneously has a more profound understanding to the Western culture various aspects exchange and the fusion.The full text mainly by the introduction, five chapters, the conclusion three parts is composed: The introduction is about the selected topic research significance and the domestic and foreign research present situation statement, elaborates this selected topic research necessity and the feasibility; The first chapter elaborated "Midsummer Night of Dream" the creation with the Shakespeare Asia original works' relations, this chapter regarding launches to the Shakespeare Asia original works' introduction and Mendelssohn and the original works relations, inquires about between both's origin; The second chapter summarizes Mendelssohn its human of as well as the creation, and analyzes him with "a Midsummer Night of Dream" the original works relations, inquired about that is shining between origin; Carries on the synopsis to Mendelssohn's life background as well as the creation time's survey, completes the upholstery statement for the concrete study; The third chapter this music work launches the analysis to "a Midsummer Night of Dream", by the musical form, the melody and the adapter analysis primarily, and the overture the relations which dubs in music with other carries on the analysis to this work in; The fourth chapter carries on the induction to the music theatrical characteristic, obtains music to have narrative and the theatrical nature, the typical nature and the title, the modelling and the color characteristic conclusion; The fifth chapter induces "a Midsummer Night of Dream" in music history development historic importance, from with manifests, the program music beginning angle to classicism's inheritance to the romanticism to summarize its historic importance; The conclusion is Mendelssohn "a Midsummer Night of Dream" music has the theatrical characteristic, and has with the related cultural fusion significance.
Keywords/Search Tags:Mendelssohn, "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Romanticism music, Music analysis
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