An Analysis And Study Of Shang Deyi's Chorus

《The Hunchback of Notre Dame》is the masterpiece by the composer Shang Deyi. Since its publication, it has been widely spread and usually become the essential piece sung by many singers in some important contests. The author summarizes the song's creation techniques and probes into Mr Shang's chorus characterisics by analyzing its melody, musical form, harmony, piano accompaniment, singing requirements and art manifestation.As a film interlude,《The Hunchback of Notre Dame》reflects its meaning in contents, melody and so on. Especially in song words, it describes not only the hero's experiences and dreams but also his miserable life and his pursuit of happy life. The author probes into this masterpiece based on document indexes, detailed theory alalysis and personal peformances. The thesis is divided into four chapters:Chapter One mainly introduces Shang Deyi's life and his chorus survey.Chapter Two briefly analyzes the creative background and the outline of the work and further probes into its connotation according to the harmony arrangement and the structure of the musical form. The simplicity of harmony shows the hero's plainness and greatness and the musical form of triad depicts the hero's inner world.Chapter Three mainly studies the art techniques((The Hunchback of Notre Dame))represents. After many rehearsals, explanations and performances,by analyzing the work, the author probes into its application in chorus manifestation and recreates the work.Chapter Four analyzes the singing requirements of the work. The author especially makes some contrasts:first from the singing style and feelings, from the melody's entering of the bass and alto and then the singer's voice and emotion control until the appearance of the four musical parts, the music fluctuation makes the first high tide appear. At the same time it focuses on the soprano's coloratura and further depicts the hero's inner world. It also combines the feelings and music by analyzing the song words.