Schubert's "The Beautiful Mill Girl", The Piano Part Performance Analysis Of The Four Top Songs

Schnabel Artur,an Austrian pianist,once said,"Schubert is the closest one to god among the existing composers." The art songs created by schubert greatly raised the status of the piano,making the piano part not only accompany,but also appear independently,which could express the content and emotion of the works the same as the human voice.Schubert carried forward the romanticism while inherited the technique of classical music.His art songs had a profound influence on the development of European music.Die SchoneMullerin tells a story of love in vain.This paper choose the typical represents of Der Wanderer,Tranenregen,Der Muller und der Bach,Des BachesWiegenlied,throughout an detailed analysis to the respect such as background introduction,melody structure,piano accompaniment,melody,it leads us to the further understanding of the artistic features from global to local in Schubert's art song,as well as the way of piano part performance among the four art songs,the method of the integrating the piano and vocal music.This paper analyzes the works in detail by making charts and analyzing the examples of score,so as to discuss more accurately and intuitively how is piano part performance of the four art songs,without undermining its appearance as an accompaniment instrument but presenting an important function similar to human voice,thus to show the charm of the songs in corporation.The whole text is divided into four chapters.The first briefly introduces Schubert's life course and the background of Die SchoneMullerin.Then the second analyzes the creation of four art songs.In the next chapter,the piano part performance of the four works is summarized and analyzed in detail.The last discusses how piano and vocal music merge together.Through the analysis and exposition of the above four chapters,it explores the shining points of the piano part in art songs.