Analysis Of Collegian 's "Third Symphony" Music Technique

Aaron Copland was a composer who was regarded as the first person with localstyle. He whole life of musical composition present the professional musical vein ofcontemporary America,and also display the creative methods of20century.The ThirdSymphony this thesis research was composed for the request of Koussevitzky MusicFoundation in1943.The composition was composed by Aaron Copland from1944to1946,and then it premiered in boston and was admired by the musical critics of NewYork.This thesis regard the musical structure，organization of pitch,muti-vocal methodof The Third Symphony as the entrance of the study and the compositional means ofthis production as subject, and them it deeply analyse the context, theme, characterof musical style of this production,researching the creative style and thecompositional conception pf the musician.The study of the work will involve theprocedure of refining of musical methods from part to entirety,from micro tomacro,from similarity to individuality.It is supposed to increasing the cognition ofAaron Copland style and character.This thesis consist of preface, body, summary, reference and other chapter.Themain body deliver a deep discussion of key music style and character,entire structureand compositional methods.The first chapter briefly describe the compositionalcontext and material of the work.The second chapter mainly analyse the entirearchitecture and feature,theme,motive source of the production.The third chapterdiscuss and analyse the organizational feature of pitch.The fourth chapter chieflynarrate the compositional character of muti-vocal method.The last chapter mainlyfocus on the vocal fabirc,rhythm,speed and dynamics analysis.It is through thediscussion that this thesis reveal the compositional character of the whole work.Author do creative methods research through the means of pitch,and regarding thedeep-layer structural thinking of structural form as the musical method analysismainstream.extending to other structural dynamics of parameter,and finally, deeplyanalysing the musical entity,figuring out the methods feature of Aaron Copland composition.