Musical Analysis And Singing Treatment Of Brahms's "Four Serious Songs

John Brahms is the representative composer who came from the German Romanticism in the 19 th century.His compositions cover almost all the genres except the opera,and the art song plays a very important role in his composing life.As the anti-trend composer in Romanticism,his composing method inherits the classical tradition,and the vocal suite the Four Serious Songs is one of them.As the last work in Brahms’ advanced stage,the vocal suite the four serious songs represents the high level of his art songs.And at the same time,the deep thought in this art song is also the conclusion of the life of Brahms.This article takes the four serious songs as an example,and analyzes the music of this art song,and the writer learns the enunciation,pronunciation,emotional expression and the difficult part,the cooperation with the piano.And then the article provides the reference value to the singing of this vocal suite on aspect of the understanding and improvement of the vocal practical teaching.