Schubert’s "Winter Journey" Piano Accompaniment

In the development of western music, the art song, as a kind of subject matter of vocal music has reached a certain standard not only in depth,but also in width. Through the digging and composition of countless great musicians, it has become an important standard to test the competence of a composer, a vocalist and a piano performer.As early as the time of classism, as the result of the popularity of the piano,the vocal music solo to the companiment of piano started to achieve great developments with the pioneering contribution of composers such as Mozart and Beethoven.During the time of romanticism, literature and art obtained brilliant achievements, after which the relevance between solo to the companiment of piano and literature and art was emphasized, thus endowing the former with the quality of literature and art.As the result, art songs came into being,Franz Schubert,"The King of Art Songs" was the first to come in this field. He produced more than600art songs whose field is wide and whose material is rich.Especially the sang of vocal music solo "The Journey in the Winter " has ever been considered a masterpiece in the art history of vocal music.The companiment of piano in Schubert’s songs doesn’t only mean the companiment itself. It is an important part in the inseparable whole. Sometimes it even serves as an substitute for vocal music or part to help express works. How to seize the motive of music to express the content is the major task both in playing the companiment of piano and in the propeling of voice. Through the thorough study and analysis of the song cycle "Journey In The Winter ",this passage is aimed to expound how to play the companiment of art songs.