The Piano Suite "the Nutcracker" Performance Research

Ballet Music "The Nutcracker" is the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky to write a famous German fairy tale "The Nutcracker and the mouse king" ballet music.After the ballet many successful performances,the Russian piano composer Mikhail vasil’yevich Pletnev will dance music in the relatively independent and classic several musical passages of the lottery,adaptation of creation has become the nutcracker suite property of the same name piano solo group song,the whole suite is composed of seven pieces of small music.The music of the piano suite "The Nutcracker" pure and mysterious,short and lean,with distinct characteristics of children’s music and strong myth,Pletnev by using different harmony,texture,as well as to piano timbre and intensity contrast and change,piano music melody and ballet dance and drama as a whole,with vivid image of piano music form as we re interpretation of the "Nutcracker" the fairy tale.The piano suite "The Nutcracker" in Russian piano music is playing in the field has a very high artistic value and practical value,has attracted many piano and the majority of piano music lovers favorite.The Pletnev’s Solo Piano Suite "The Nutcracker" as the research object,starting from the original ballet music version of "The Nutcracker" by the creation of piano suite "The Nutcracker" carries on the analysis,proposed in performance practice necessary for suite.On this basis on each of the first suite of songs playing skills to carry on the research analysis and interpretation.This paper is divided into three parts.The first part is the introduction,which mainly describes the research reason and significance of this topic,combined with the research status at home and abroad,using the relevant research methods and put forward the main content of this thesis.The second part is the main part of the thesis,which is composed of three chapters.The first chapter introduces the original author of the Nutcracker Ballet Music Tchaikovsky and his ballet music "The Nutcracker".The second chapter introduced by Pletnev Tchaikovsky adapted from "The Nutcracker" Ballet Music Piano suite.The third chapter analysis by Pletnev adapted piano suite "Nutcracker" playing skills.The first from the suites in the structure and the development of the story,playing suite of piano playing skills set up we are ready to play this suite.Finally,the seven songs for the suite of playing skills and methods for analyzing them one by one and explained,play this suite and future this suite of teaching provides strong theoretical basis for.The third part is the conclusion by generalization of the main problems in the process of the analysis and demonstration and summary,draw the main argument,in order to realize the value of the research,for the future study on the performance of other versions of the ballet piano music laid the foundation and provide the reference.