Analysis On The Music And Singing Of "Trois M(?)lodies" By Erik Satie

Erik Satie(1866-1925)was a French composer of the late 19th and early 20th century.Today,Satie’s works are often performed around the world,and satie art festivals are often held in the United States and Japan.However,"Trois melodies " composed by Satie for mezzo-soprano Jane Bathori(1877-1970)in the Thomas Gallery in Paris is often neglected by the singers and the public,and has not received enough attention.As vocal music professional graduate students,the author through to the sadie through a close reading of the three art songs,practice deduction and explore,discover this three particular embodies the satie" contracted "style,such as miniaturization,the beauty of the melody line shop-houses,novel techniques of harmony,the idea of a quiet and beautiful,and so on.Therefore,the author took his "Trois melodies" as his research direction and conducted in-depth research.The paper is divided into four parts:The introduction part expounds the significance of the topic selection,research status,main research methods,innovation points and research content of this paper.Chapter 1,Eric Satie and his "Trois melodies" overview.This chapter introduces the life of Satie according to the chronological order,briefly describes satie’s important vocal music works and the creation style,characteristics and influence of different periods,expounds the creation background of "Trois melodies ",and introduces the author of his poems and the content of the story.Chapter two,the music ontology analysis of Satie’s " Trois melodies".This paper makes an in-depth analysis of the musical structure,tonal layout,melody,rhythm and harmony of the three art songs.The conclusion is that the three songs are short in scale,and the structure is mostly single two-part or single trilogy.The melody part mainly repeats and simulates the melody;In terms of rhythm,evenly divided rhythm is widely used,which is intensive and mostly progressive,and the overall effect is more secular.Through the analysis of music ontology,it can be seen that satie did not follow the complicated rules of romanticism in terms of rhythm,melody and harmony,but insisted on simple,simple and clear rules of melody,which had a very important influence on the 20th century and modern and contemporary composers.Chapter three,based on the in-depth analysis of chapter one and chapter two,further explores the singing skills of Satie’s "Trois melodies".The first part from the language aspect,mainly introduces the sound characteristics of French and the practical application in the"Trois melodies";The second part analyzes the singing skills of "Trois melodies";The third part is a comparative analysis of the classical versions of satie’s " Trois melodies " in different parts.