Comparative Analysis Of The Composition And Performance Techniques Of Zhang Chao's Piano Solo "My Motherland" And Chu Wanghua's Piano Concerto "My Motherland

Contemporary Chinese piano music contains extensive and profound Chinese national culture,which makes it sought after by the majority of music lovers.While inheriting the national character,Chinese piano music constantly integrates with Western creative techniques to achieve a state of combining Chinese and Western elements,form and spirit.Most Chinese composers choose Chinese folk songs or patriotic songs as the source of creation,so the piano rearrangement of Chinese songs has an unshakable position in Chinese piano music,and its artistic value is unique.Among Chinese patriotic songs,My Motherland,sung by Guo Lanying,is popular,classic and representative.In this paper,the piano solo "My Motherland" adapted by Zhang Chao in 2009 and the piano concerto "My Motherland" adapted by Chu Wanghua in 2019,which are adapted from the same song material,are analyzed and compared around the following three points.First,the artistic achievements of the two composers and the creation background of the two piano adaptations are summarized.From the growth environment,different time background and other factors to analyze their creative characteristics and the difference between the two works.Second,by comparing and analyzing the similarities and differences in melody,harmony and texture of the two piano adaptations,the linear beauty,national character and sense of hierarchy in the two works are explained.Three,according to the linear beauty,nationality,hierarchy and other aspects of the two piano adaptation of the performance techniques of the comparative analysis,looking for differences in common.It is expected to be helpful and enlightening for piano players to play piano rearrangements of Chinese songs with the same background and different genres.