The Research Of The Stravinsky Opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex

Stravinsky was the great Russian composers in the first half of20th century.His creation isdivided into dance music, instrumental music, Musical Theatre. Creation of dance drama musicis life of the composer’s most accomplished works. In recent years, both at home and abroad forhis musical theatre Workalso began to be taken seriously. Text to Stravinsky’s opera-oratorioOedipus Rex as the research object, Through multi-angle interpretation of the works, in order tooedipus story prototypes, and explores creative interpretation, Through the analysis of two levelsof text and music, Comparison of similarities and differences between drama and the originalscript on the one hand, to explore the essence of tragedy in ancient Greece, The other hand,Joseph Kerman opera as drama by well-known American musicologist for the methodology.Observe the relationship of music and drama, Under the interpretation Oedipus Rex of Neo-classical style of its value in20th century.The article is divided into three aspects. First,Comparative analysis of the libretto andOriginal Drama, This section is divided into two sections, Sophocles and Oedipus Rex. This isoedipus drama the original is a thorough introduction to excavate the essence of tragedy inancient Greece,second, Cocteau script is compared with the original drama Oedipus the Rex, Toobserve the similarities and differences between new and original. Second Chapter,Stravinsky’sopera-oratorio Oedipus Rex music analysis. Section I: shaping role—Music gives life. Throughthe analysis of image of the main characters in the play, with the aria as an example of animportant figure in the drama, Thus insight into how the composer to create images by means ofmusic. Section II: dramatic action. The author in the whole play a trio of important paragraphs,Means to reveal the composer of the music portrays the character of internal and external actions.Section III:" dramatic " and "non-dramatic "——The dual role of the chorus. Through theanalysis of Twochoruses. Seeing as the chorus plays a dramatic role in the opera，The other hand,as the oratorio chorus brought under the non-dramatic genre, away from the role. Section IV：Formal features of opera and oratorio. The author will opera and oratorio explain thecombination of the two genres in the works. Chapter Three: oedipus the king embodied the "neoclassical " style. Through the concept of the three schools in the first half of20th century onthe analysis to excavateAesthetic Significance and social significance of Oedipus the Rex.