Taking Rimsky-Korsakov’s Three Romantic Songs As An Example

Nikola AndreyevichMsky-Kosakoff(Н.А.РИМСКИЙ-КОРСАКОВ1844-19080),famous composer of Russia,is one of the members of“Five Powerful Group”,which is a Russian folk music headed by Barakilev,and the group is devoted to the development of Russian folk music.In the middle of the 19 th century,due to the reform of Russian serfdom,people s national consciousness strengthened,and culture and art developed rapidly.Russian romantic music is a unique song theme in Russia.Rimsky Kosakov wrote 79 romances all his life.His romance is a clear stream of Russian music history,and mostly based on the poetry of Russian writers such as Lev NikolaevichTols(ЛЕВНИКОЛАЕВИЧТОЛСТОЙ,1828-1910)and Alexander Sergeyev Vicki Pushkin(АЛЕКСАНДРСЕРГЕЕВИЧПУШКИН;1799-1837)etc.His lyrics match poetry perfectly,the melody is cadenced,the use of nice tune,adding oriental melody factors,and poetry are mostly describing the scenery of nature and lyrical with certain aesthetic and practical value.The paper mainly centers on Rimsky Kosakoff,take his three romantic songs wrote in 1897 in his second half "It’s not the wind that blows at high altitude","In that early spring",and "Floating clouds" for example.The paper will discuss creative features and experience in singing.The paper is mainly divided into three chapters.By introducing the whole life of Rimsky Kosakoff,his music creation background,three different stages of creating romances,this chapter will clarify the sources of creation.analyzes creative features of Rimsky Kosakoff s romances and works analysis of three romantic songs.experiences of singing three songs,therefore a statement for the artistic value for romances creation will be made,and we can have a general grasp for the romantic songs.