From Schumann Vocal Divertimento "Essien Dorf Album" To Explore Creative Features Of Schumann Art Songs

Robert Schumann (Robert Schumann,1810-1856),German composer, music critic,is a representative figure of German Romantic music.In Schumann's music career,Art Songs is the best highlighted for Schumann's romantic feelings and style.Schumann's Profound literary accomplishment make his choice and understanding of poetry to be more careful profound,and able to use concise and accurate creative approach to create a mood song. Schumann not only make poetry and melody to be more consistent,but also to be deformation when necessary,to meet the music intermittent effect,in order to make more smooth and beautiful melody lines.German musicologists Burendeer once said:"Schumann's song is his continuation of the piano music features."The thesis discussed creative techniques, and styles of Schumann's art songs by analyzing and researching the vocal divertimento "Essien Dorf song collection,". This thesis is composed of four chapters, the first chapters is the introduction, which gives a intensive study of current situation and research resultsby collecting the publication of books and journals published proceed, then describes the significance of the topic papers, the main contents and research methods of the thesis.The second chapter is the Schumann and art songs,firstly start from the art song,then briefly in the rise and development process of Germany, Austria romantic art song.The third chapter focuses on Schumann and art songs,in this chapter,firstly introduced Schumann's life experience,then introduced the creative background, writing style of Schumann's vocal divertimento "Essien Dorf song set ",focus on the music analysis of "Essien Dorf Album ".Chapter four by way of example summary Schunmann's art songs' common characteristics in the creative melodies, tonality, harmonic function and other aspects.Summary inheritance and Development for Schumann to the German and Austrian Art Songs,and the main achievements of Schumann art songs and the main influence on later.The german art songs world established by Schubert,is promoted by Schumann.The artistic songs by Schumann had an important influence on later Brahms and Wolf,his author of art songs made basis for later romantic art songs.