Schubert's Song Cycle - "the Beautiful Mill Female"

Schubert's song cycle with the name of "Die Schone MUllerin" is the landmark in the history of art song and it plays a very important role in the process of the formation of song cycle. "Die Schone MUllerin" reflects the true emotion and artistic feature of the musician. The thesis lays a theoretical and practical analysis for comprehending and singing the work in a proper way. It covers several aspects: it expatiates that how Schubert has been affected by his age and what he has achieved on the art song and it investigates the background of the original literary work of "Die Schone Mtlllerin" as well as the dealing which Schubert has done to Wilhelm Muller's original poetry. At the same time, the thesis analyzes the musical feature of the whole song cycle and excavates the special artistic conception, emotion depth as well as the inner connotation which are contained in the whole song cycle. Furthermore, the thesis discusses the singing features and requirements for art song and "Die Schone M Ullerin". By annotating different singers, the thesis gives a more vivid and sensible image of Die Schone MUllerin.