Academic literature on the topic 'Ballade No,2'

碩士<br>輔仁大學<br>音樂研究所<br>101<br>The main theme of this thesis is about Chopin’s Ballade No.2, Op.38. It is included Chopin’s life, the background and features of the composition, comparison of score versions, musical analysis and performance interpretation. At last, the conclusion of the complete music structure and the contrast characteristic of Chopin Ballade No.2 Op.38.Beside, the author compares the differences of fingering, phrase lines and pedals skills by using three music score versions from Paderewski, Jan Ekier’s PWM and G. Henle. Lastly, author comments on methods of personal interpretation and the ways to overcome the difficulties of playing this Ballade.

碩士<br>高雄師範大學<br>音樂學系<br>99<br>Franz Liszt (1811-1886) "Ballade No. b minor" completed in 1853, the music contains poetic images, according to the views of pianist Claudio Arrau, he implied the Greek love story "Hero and Leander" behind the ballade, author hopes to integrate the music with the story, with the understanding will benefit while performing. As a whole, the "Ballade No. 2 in b minor" covers the tradition as well as the innovation in terms of the musical art. From the literature and musical analysis, the "Ballade No. 2 in b minor" could be regarded as the "symphonic poem", in which the composer applied the "thematic transformation" as his compositional techniques. The dissertation will attempt to discuss how the throughout understanding of “Ballade No. 2 in b minor” can help author realize the myth “Hero and Leander”. The dissertation is organized into five chapters. The first chapter will introduce the motive, purpose and method of the discourse. The second chapter focuses on the history of “ballade” and describes the historical background of the work. The third chapter is the compositional analysis and compares the different theories of the composition. The fourth chapter talks about the performance interpretation; it compares the different publications of the “Ballade No. 2 in b minor”, as well as its’ three different versions of endings. The dissertation will also discuss how the story of "Hero and Leander" and "Ballade No. 2 in b minor" are related. The final chapter concludes how thematic transformation matches the characters’ roles with the music. Follow the close relationship between words and music, the performance will be more insightful.

碩士<br>國立臺灣藝術大學<br>音樂學系<br>103<br>Abstract Piano is the king of musical instruments; Liszt, the king of the piano. His brilliant techniques on piano, exaggerated expressions in music and beautiful melody have conquered all the people. A great Chinese poet Du Fu once said, “Read wild, and you will wisely write.” The author sincerely believes that Liszt’s works have the same vein“Practice wild and you will wisely play.” In his 75 years’ career, he has composed all sorts of piano works. In these works, they in general can be classified into two types: originals and transcriptions. The paper investigated the original one. Liszt composed two ballades during his life: Ballade No.1 was composed in 1848 and completed in 1849 while Ballade No.2 in b minor was composed and accomplished in 1853. Pianist Claude Arrau, in the book “Conversation with Arrau” written by Valdimir Horowitz（1903-1989）, once claimed “Liszt’s Ballade No.2 was based on a Greek mythology also known as a love story– Hero and Leander. Touched by the mythology, the author would like to experience the scenarios of those characters in the mythology in the context of music.