A Study Of ‘Empfindsamkeit’ In C.P.E.Bach Keyboard Sonatas

In the first half of the 18 th century,humanism brought by the Enlightenment came from France,which had an important influence on the culture of Germany.By the middle of the18 th century,German literature ushered in the first development peak in history,music also formed the German region’s unique "Empfindsamkeit".This style is produced in the pre-classical German cultural environment,and has a inextricably relationship with literature,and in the development of the "Sturm und Drang" surge in the development.It can be said that "Empfindsamkeit" is the projection of German cultural background in music in pre-classical times.A most important representative of this style is German composer C·P·E·Bach.He came from a musical family and inherited his musical talent from his father,J.S.Bach,who wrote German music all his life.At the same time,he studied law at university,it has the common characteristic of young intellectuals in 18 th century,and is influenced and inspired by the enlightenment thought in the process of growing up.His love of the clavichord so his keyboard music creation last for life,of which 2/3 are sonata genre,and "Empfindsamkeit" is mainly reflected in this genre in his creation.This paper takes C·P·E·Bach’s keyboard sonatas in 1860 s as the research object,from the cultural environment and music noumenon two aspects: on the one hand,combing and describing the German cultural environment in the pre-classical,exploring the C·P·E·Bach;on the other hand,two technical features —— Empfindsamkeit and "tempo Rubato" are analyzed.Through summing up and summarizing the composer’s music creation of common cultural environment and individuality,this paper combs the development course of "Empfindsamkeit" in two different artistic fields of literature and music in the same historical period.On the basis of the relationship between "Empfindsamkei" and romantic music is reviewed.