An Analysis Of The Artistic Features Of Liszt's Piano Composition Works

Ludwig van Beethoven(Ludwig van Beethoven,1770-1827)once wrote a letter to a doctor in 1801,he mentioned that “I will challenge my destiny”.His life course is also changing,from this moment,Beethoven had perseverent determination to overcome the setbacks.The "Symphony No.5 in C minor" Op.67(Also known as the "Symphony of fate"),well-known work emerged at this moment.This symphony was written in 1807-1808,here the "fate" reflected Beethoven's inner struggle while he had to stand up to to fight on the one hand;On the other hand,it also profoundly reflected the social unrest at that time,the German feudal forces was overwhelming.Beethoven used this work to call on people to rise up and fight with "fate".In the work,Beethoven wrote in details the rampant dark forces,the heroic struggle of the people and the great victory,the symphony contains thought-provoking philosophy.This is not the only work showing his resistance to fate,but his other works also reflected his great idea of "winning through struggle".Besides being presented in the form of a symphony,Franz Liszt(Franz Liszt,1811-1886),a musician from Hungary and a great Romantic master,has integrated his unique playing characteristics and superb gimmick into "The symphony of fate" and recomposed it into a piano solo,on the basis of preserving Beethoven's creative ideas and his thoughts to express.It gave people a different perspective of appreciation and a new sense of hearing,so that the original complex symphonic works got a perfect interpretation with a pair of hands..In the piano creation of Liszt's life,in addition to his original piano works,piano composed works also occupied more than half of all his works.It inclused various tyles and quantities to give people a different feeling.For example,instrumental music,symphonies,art songs and operas were recomposed.Because of Liszt's unique understanding of these works and his superb gimmick,these piano recomposed works were as great as the original ones,even his original works are not as well-known as his recomposed works,being reputated as "master recomposer".Through the comparison between his original works and his recomposed works of "Symphony No.5 in C minor",this paper profoundly analyzes and summarizes how Liszt used his limited strength and playing skills to restore the brilliant sound effects of the original great band,and master his unique innovation style.The first part mainly describes the life of Liszt,the classification of his piano recomposition,the reasons for its emergence and development,and the time,motivation and experience of Liszt's piano recomposition of Beethoven's symphony.The second part is the music structure and style of Beethoven symphony adapted by Liszt piano.Taking "Symphony No.5 in C minor" for an example and analysing from the two aspects of composition structure and writing style.The third part mainly analyzing performance technique of Liszt's piano Recomposed work "Symphony No.5 in C minor".It includes the continuous octave,column chord,hands alternately percussive technique,wheel-finger technique,rapid vibration sound and pedal.Finally,it elaborate on the performance of some instruments in piano.