Research Of Chopin’s Op.9no.2 Nocturne

With the increasing number of children learning piano,the teaching of piano performance has become an important research field.Nowadays,there are a lot of studies on piano performance in China,but most of them tend to start from the macro perspective such as the background of works,and rarely discuss the practice of piano performance from the perspective of children.In this regard,based on the existing research results,this study selected Chopin’s Op.9No.2 Nocturne in E Flat Major,compared and analyzed the versions played by 2 piano masters,Rubinstein and Horowitz who be held up as a role model,and the versions played by 10 Chinese children which confirmed the characteristics of nocturnes’ performance and style that scattered in literature.It also discusses the problem that most children lack the cognition of intensity of sound,harmony and phrase division in music.These analyses and summaries are intended to provide reference for piano teaching practice.The first chapter of this study summarizes the creation and music score version of Chopin’s Op9 No.2 Nocturne;the second chapter elaborates the performance characteristics of the masters and the piano children samples respectively that in the form of a table;the third chapter further discusses the behavior of the piano children in the performance,author’s general suggestions and style of Chopin’s Op9 No.2 Nocturne.