| Edward Alexander MacDowell,as the excellent composer of native American inthe late19thcentury,who was the one recognized by the Europe and international,hismusic composition has the swingeing artistic charm undoubtedly,especially his seriesof piano pieces,make his creation with unique feature.This article has a deep analysisof the <woodland sketches>(most popular one of composer’s piano cycles),start fromthe composer’s lifetime as well as the total historical and musical background,bymeans of analyze the musical substantialism,introduce the composition roundly,has adeep analysis of the performance skills.This article has three chapters in all.First,from a biographical note onMacDowell and the analysis of history and background that influenced thecomposer’s late creation,due to the theme—<woodland sketches>.And form the theanalysis of musical form structure with the chart,analyze the thematic figure,draw theoutline of the composition,Then from the four parts:emotion processing,way of thekey touching,tempo and piano,pedal applying,has a deep analysis of the performanceskills of each composition.Hope to provide a reference for player and more peoplewill keep their eyes open on this delicate composition and this excellent composer. |
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