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A Study On New Romantic Music Style Of Samuel Barber

Posted on:2018-01-19Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:N GaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2335330515974777Subject:School of music and dance
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Samuel Barber(Samuel Barber)'s full name is Samuel Osborne Barber(Samuel Osborne Barber II.1910-1981).He is one of the famous composers of American music circles in the twentieth century.In the changing music situation that the diversification was the main points and new ideas were advocated in the twentieth century,his creation had always adhered to the creation style of European romantic music in the nineteenth century.He payed attention to the audibility of music and used new music elements of twentieth century.His such a style of music creation enjoys reputations which are "neo-romantic music practitioners" and "new romantic prophet".He devotes the whole life to the music creation.His music genres are related to a variety of musical fields such as: violin,piano,chamber music,orchestra,symphony,opera,chorus and so on.A large number of outstanding musical works show that the composer in the process of creation,both inherits the romantic creative ideas in the nineteenth century,but also cleverly integrates the new ideas of modernist musical composition techniques in the twentieth century into the works.By virtue of musical elements of romanticism in the musical vocabulary and ones of modernism,works forms unique musical style different from the avant-garde composers in the same period,which not only brings great reputation for him in the United States professional field,but also makes him one of the famous composers of music circles in the twentieth century.The full paper mainly consists of an introduction,three chapters and a conclusions.In the part of an introduction,the author discusses four aspects including the purpose and significance of research,research status at home and abroad,research ideas and research methods.This paper summarizes the research made by scholars at home and abroad,expounds the value and significance of the research,and expounds the research ideas and methods of this paper.The first chapter is the introduction of Samuel Barber and his music creation and elaborates Barber's life,award-winning situation and creation stage in order to have a deeper understanding of the composer's musical style.The second chapter is Samuel Barber's embodiment of musical style of new romanticism.In this chapter,the whole content are divided into two sections to concretely elaborate.The first section is the traditional musical language in Barber's creation and from three aspects including the melody,Harmony and music structure analyzes Barber's musical works in detail;the second section is modern musical elements in Barber's musical creation and from three aspects including the complex and diverse beats,the formation of non-harmony chord and fashion rhythm detailed analyzes Barber's musical works at length.The third chapter is why Samuel Barber,forms the musical style of new romanticism.This chapter analyzes the process of forming the musical style of new romanticism of Barber from the influence of the family environment,the experience of professional learning and the influence of the times environment.The conclusion part summarizes the embodiment and reasons of forming Samuel Barber's musical style of new romanticism.
Keywords/Search Tags:Samuel Barber, New romanticism, Traditional language, Modern elements
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