| Pictures at an Exhibition is the most important piano works of ModestMussorgsky. It is an important music works left by Mussorgsky for countlessgreat musicians as well as modern music scholars. His influence has evengone beyond the limitations of nationalism. Thus it can be seen that thisworks has a great impact on music industry. The contemporary top pianovirtuosi, with their consummate skills and unique playing style, fully play theabstract art as well as artistic conception shaping the aesthetic mood of thisworks, which allows scholars to listen to each piano virtuoso’s playing styleand characteristics and to make mutual comparison and reference. This paperwill be divided into four parts to study on Mussorgsky’s Pictures at anExhibition.Part I: Background knowledge of Mussorgsky andfeatures of his works.Part II: Brief introduction and textual analysis of Pictures at anExhibition. Make a correct interpretation of this works through microanalysis and macro induction.Part III: Make a detailed analysis of Pictures at an Exhibition in threeaspects: harmony, musical form, tonal use.Part IV: Introduction to six piano virtuosi, their playing styles andmulti-faceted aplication analysis of piano-playing technology. |