An Analysis Of The Music And Performance Of The Double Piano Works Liang Shanbo And Zhu Yingtai

Two-Piano is an important kind of piano art performance form born in the west at the end of 16~thh century.It is of piano duet.Although it was introduced to China at a later time,this kind of novel music form enjoyed great popularity among industries in China as soon as it is introduced.At present,this kind of unique music form often can be seen in some professional concert and competitions.A little pity is that most of the music performed with two pianos is the classic of foreign countries,and the two-piano work characterized by Chinese styles is rare.As you can see,the promotion and research for two-piano work characterized by Chinese styles in China now is not enough.Butterfly Lovers,a piece of two-piano work,is a piece of two-piano work characterized by Chinese styles.The prototype of the work is the violin concerto joint created by composer He Zhanhao and Chen Gang in 1959.In 2011,the work was recomposed into the two-piano version by the composer Chen Gang.It preserves the melody theme and contents of the original violin concerto and fully exerts the unique rich chord effect of two-piano.It carries forward the traditional Chinese cultures as well as develops the two-piano work characterized by Chinese styles.Mainly composed of four chapters,the paper discusses the music characteristics and playing skills of the work in details based on the music form of two-piano and the creation background of the work.In Chapter I,discussion is carried out from two aspects.The first aspect is the introduction to the music form of two-piano and its development in China;The second aspect is the introduction to the life of the composer and the creation background of the work.In Chapter II,the work Butterfly Lovers is mainly analyzed from three aspects,namely the music structure and chord characteristics.Chapter III is the main body of the paper.In this chapter,the study and analysis are mainly carried out from two aspects,including playing skills and two-piano cooperation skills.And related music score examples are listed to facilitate visual understanding of readers.In Chapter IV,two aspects are elaborated,namely the importance of two-piano teaching and the development status of two-piano in senior music normal universities.