On Characteristics And Performances Of Schumann’s Piano Works

Robert Schumann,one of the important representative musicians of the Romantic period in the history of Western music,is a famous composer,pianist and music critic.In his short life,he created a large number of excellent works,some of which have been passed down to this day and are of great significance to the development of Western music history.Influenced by the romantic literary trend and life experience,Schumann’s works often reflect his unique literary and dual character."Abegg Variations" is in the early stage of Schumann’s music creation.It is Schumann’s first piano solo work and his first piano variation.This work has far-reaching significance for the study of Schumann’s early music creation style characteristics and performance.meaning.This paper analyzes the musical characteristics and performance of Abegg Variations,and takes this work as an example to summarize the musical style and performance characteristics of Schumann’s piano creation.The main research work is as follows:the first part of the introduction expounds the research purpose and significance,research content and methods and research status of the paper;The music creation and the creation background of Abegg Variations are discussed in depth;the third part is the core chapter of the thesis,which analyzes Schumann’s piano creation in the Abegg Variations from two aspects:the characteristics of music style and the characteristics of music creation.musical characteristics.It innovatively and systematically analyzes the characteristics of Schumann’s music creation from the perspective of literature,fantasy and the "dual character" of the unity of opposites,and lists the music examples to analyze the harmonic texture,musical structure and melody in the works.Rhythm;the fourth part is also the key chapter of this thesis,through the example analysis of the five main performance techniques in the "Abegg Variations",from the perspective of strength,touch and pedal,the author’s playing Schumann’s piano works Inspirations gained from time to time and some ways to solve playing problems.Through the study of "Abegg Variations",it is concluded that Schumann’s piano creation has literary,fantasy and contradictory styles under the influence of dual characters.When playing Schumann’s piano works,it is necessary to control the intensity.To be more meticulous,use corresponding key-touch methods for different rhythms,melody,and performance skills.When using pedals,choose different pedals for cooperation according to the mood of the music and the connection of the score.In the process of researching the research questions in this paper,the author has provided great help to the actual playing,and has made great progress when playing this work in a master’s degree concert.Abegg Variations and Schumann’s piano creations provide theoretical reference and contributions.