The Music Analysis And Performance Interpretation Of Brahms Sonata For Clarinet And Piano In F Minor Op.120 No.1

Brahms composed several famous works for clarinet in his later years,including Clarinet Trio in a minor,Op.114,Clarinet Quintet in b minor,Op.115,and two sonatas for clarinet and piano,Clarinet Sonata No.1 in f minor and Clarinet Sonata No.2 in E-flat major.These works are one of the important works that clarinet players will learn in the process of learning clarinet and preforming.Among them,"Clarinet Sonata No.1 in f minor" is the piece that the writer performed in her master recital,which is also the main research object of this thesis.This thesis is divided into three chapters.The first section of the first chapter briefly describes the life of Brahms,and the second section explains the background of his clarinet works in his later years;the second chapter is divided into four sections in the form of movements,mainly for"Clarinet Sonata No.1 in f minor" analyzes the music;the third chapter expounds the writer’s interpretation point of view when preforming and cooperates with the piano.