A Study Of "Chinese Elements" In Western Piano Works

the Chinese and western music influence each other is not only reflect ed in the western theory of professional composition effect on the root of the contemporary Chinese music creation, also performed in some western piano music works with Chinese elements. From the beginning of the 17 th century, western musician is through introducing the missionaries, began to contact Chinese culture: western missionaries in China to their personal experiences and feelings in China back to EuropeIn western piano music literature, also can find a lot of use of Chinese elements as a remarkable feature works, one of the earliest examples can be traced back to the French composer library to the "Chinese", this piece of work is Europe’s interest in China since the 18 th century to the evidence to the development of the art of music.In the 19 th century, the west also have some Chinese elements in piano music of piano works, although these works like a flash in the pan, and later at the time was not able to have a profound impact, but the so-called Chinese elements apparently by composers as a "Chinese style" and understood what they use, reflect their understanding of China at that time. Piano music creation in the 20 th century have this work more and more Chinese elements, such as the United States music scholars aix ford in her book "the world of traditional music in the current literature on solo piano music influence", it enumerates the western composers from 55 70 received the solo piano works of the influence of Chinese music cultureIn this paper, by comparing Chinese and western different music concept and music form, analysis of the differences between Chinese and western music, by studying the application of Chinese elements in western piano music works, discovered after talking in Chinese and western music, Chinese music elements of Chinese music esthetics thought and western music are complementary win-win, elements of Chinese music spirit into western music, enrich the evolution and change of western music, also promotes the development of the internationalization of our national music.