William Schumann's Music Creation Concept Study

William Howard Schuman(1910.8-1992.2) is a twentieth Century Americancomposer, music educator, music manager. Without other musicians, Schuman beganhis serious music career later, before the age of 20 he has concentrated on the popularsongs and jazz band, and the sports - Baseball hold strong interest, he never followedin classical music , but Schuman extensive art hobby didn’t prevent him to New YorkUniversity School of business learning business professional. Until 1930, Schumanparticipated in the first orchestral symphony concert, suddenly aware of baseball,commercial and pop music must give way to classical music, he has been deeplyattracted to classical music, then entered the new world of classical music. As acomposer, Schuman’s music especially in orchestral music, chamber music and choralworks impressive, lead a person to endless aftertastes. Among them, orchestral music,ten symphonies are most representative of Schuman great achievement in music.In 1941, the creation of Schuman’s" Third Symphony" won the New York MusicCenter award, this work marked Schuman entering the United States great composers,and reveal the personal style of mature. Schuman is good at using the baroque style,and the polyphonic counterpoint throughout the whole composition, but at the sametime, poured into the modern composing techniques, such as variable rhythm,polytonality, multi-layered chords. Traditional form and modern techniques, eachimproves by association with the other complement each other, so that the musicembodies many music essence, distributed optimistic spirit.Full text body consists of introduction, three chapters, the conclusion of the fiveparts.In the part of the introduction author will discuss from the research purpose andsignificance and research status at home and abroad from two aspects. Specifically,refers to the domestic and foreign historical information ( including biographies,works, essays, comments etc.) were reviewed, and the research value andsignificance.The first chapter is an overview of William Schuman life and music achievement outline, mainly introduces Schuman’s growing experience, music creation, educationand management mechanism.By contribution to music composer, life experience andcreative cognition, in order to further deepen the understanding of work style.The second chapter is on William Schuman of the third symphony of musiccreation technique analysis, this chapter regarding music orchestration, counterpoint,tonality and harmony of the four respects of an analysis, and from microcosmic on thesummary of the composer’s unique writing style.The third chapter is in the second chapter of the music on the basis of theanalysis, of the composer’s music creation and refining the concept of condensation.From macro statements in Schuman’s works reflected in the form of the neoclassicalconcepts and techniques of composition of modernist ideas, and Schuman musiccreation idea source made a discussion.Conclusion is on William Schuman of the third symphony of music composingtechnique and creative ideas,and the impact of the concepts will be explained.