Chu Wang-hua Piano Prelude Six Research

Mr Wanghua CHU is a renowned pianist and composer who has travelled and studied in Australia. During his half-century composing career, he has been concentrating on the creation and development of piano music in China. Mr Chu not only takes the piano music as the major part of his composing, making his works an important component of China's piano music literature, but also has successfully pursued for the piano music with typical Chinese characteristics, which is the combination of western music and traditional Chinese folk music. As a basic point and creative objective of Mr Chu's composing, his"Chinese style"and traditional folk feature has left deep impression. Many of his works have been commonly used for teaching practice and concert playing.Mr Chu Wanghua's"Piano Prelude 6"was created in the turbulent times between 1960's and 1970's. In his creation, he does not confine to the western romantic piano style, yet not to the impressionism, even not to choose the modern style music which is hardly to understand. It is based on the demands of the music performance as well as the public reception on aesthetics. He has selected some western piano techniques and skillfully integrated the Chinese elements together. His piano music is not through the virtuosic mystery, but also get rid of the empty and uninteresting kitsch. His creation is in the pursuit of the fun of art and also reflects the composer's creative aesthetic tastes and creative personality.In regard to the analysis on Mr Chu Wanghua's prelude 6. This paper will demonstrate it in the following chapters.In the first chapter, the writer will lead you to the pianist Chu Wanghua's general creation on piano music through his life, working experience and piano music works.The second chapter will mainly review the western piano prelude and its creative development in China as well as his composing history and background for prelude 6.In the third chapter, the writer will conduct a deep analysis on the development and inheritance that Prelude 6 has been through the five-voice melody, the symphonic use of music, the music structure and piano textile.The fourth chapter will illustrate the combination of the traditional Chinese folk music and western modern composing techniques through the times feature, title and folk characteristics as well as various creative styles and lyrical performance of music.In the fifth chapter, the writer will combine the piano playing practice and theoretical analysis to put forward her views and advice form piano playing techniques, the expression of sound, the use of pedal and the overall playing logics.Above all, the prelude 6 plays an significant role in Mr Chu Wanghua's piano creation. His works has not only been endowed with the feature of the typical Chinese piano music, but has propelled the development of China's piano career.