Tandun Eight Memories In Water Color:Study On The Problems Of Performance

Tan Dun,who is one of the most famous composers and conductors in China,is praised as"Marco Polo" of the east.His works have typical personal styles.He combines the specific color of local Eastern Culture with modern creative technique of Western perfectly.In a word,Tan’s music has been the mark of the time.Eight Memories in Watercolor Op.1 is created at the beginning of his career of composition.He integrates the national elements into modern creative technique.Eight Memories in Watercolor is recognized as a most important one among Tan’s piano works.The suite is made up of eight short but delicate pieces:Missing Moon,Staccato Beans,Herdboy’s Song,Blue Nun,Red Wilderness,Ancient Burial,Floating Clouds,Sunrain.They have different styles but purity National Easten Characteristics.He makes the western instrument "piano" special by adding modern creative technique and shows the audience eight fresh and splendid photographs.For the reason that the work is a combination of Chinese and Western elements,it’s necessary to study how the feature of folk music can be applied to the perfomance.This thesis mainly analyzes the creation backgrond,artistic characteristics,tonality and musical structure.Furthermore,it explains the usage of pedal and Rubato.In this way,it will be helpful to find the best approach to perform the work well,what’s more,to understand the connotation of it completely.