Discussion On The Art Features And Singing Of Schumann's Vocal Divertimento "dichterliebe"

For a long time, we haven't put the Lieder on its right position. In our vocal music teaching, we maybe pay more attention to the art songs and operas of Italy, and occasionally few of the Lieder, Russian art songs and French art songs. So, the author expects that we could experience and deduce the special charm of the Lieder. The Lieder almost are made by those famous musicians picking out the lyrics from the great litterateurs'works elaborately. These masterpieces are artistic and scientific incontrovertibly. It's our responsibilities of inheriting and handing down the classic works.Schumann, who was an important composer in the period of romanticism in the 19th century, played the part of serving as a link between past and future in the process of developing the art songs. His music works are abstract and implicit. And they have great art impact and strong romantic color. He was good at integrating the poems with the music ideally by applying his deep literary foundation. As a romantic musician, Schumann emphasized on the significance of the feeling in the music, which was different from the classic music. The divertimento "Dichterliebe" did be composed by Schumann using Hyne's poems. It's cleverish, slim, marvelous, and it's a classical work. There are many characteristics of the Lieder in the divertimento, which, absorbing the national features and being the perfect combination of poetry and music. In the divertimento, the piano accompaniment is in line with the theme of songs, and voice is in a very harmonious manner with the piano. There are many special aspects in the divertimento, such as a lot of use of the weak from the rhythm and syncopation rhythm, which is also characteristic and usual in Schumann's writing techniques.The aim of studying Schumann's divertimento "Dichterliebe" is that we could understand the composer's heart and deduce the work further. It is also the way that we can do better in handing down the Lieder and improving ourselves better. For doing the good work, the author does the research on Schumann's life, personality, experience, emotion by collecting the materials about him. The author feels Schumann's special style of composing and music by listening and singing his works usually in order to deducing his work better and finish the paper successfully. We expect that we could be more close to the composer, display the work's art connotation closely, and sing the songs more wonderfully by means of the research on the art features of the divertimento mainly in the paper.