Ding Shande’s "Spring Journey" Piano Suite Performance Studies

Mr.Ding Shande was one of the famous musical representatives in the 20 th century in China,and the "Spring Journey" piano suite was Mr.Ding Shande’s first officially published piano work,which played a very important role in the development of Chinese music at that time.This work consists of four small pieces with titles,namely "Waiting for the Dawn","In the Boat","Yangliu’an",and "Xiaofeng Dance".The work skillfully combines Western composition techniques with national music characteristics,while using Western techniques,it can also demonstrate excellent traditional ethnic characteristics,which is highly innovative,and the performance techniques involved in the work are relatively comprehensive.This article is mainly to explore the performance characteristics of the four pieces of music included in the piano suite "Spring Journey",as well as the musical images and emotions expressed therein.The article is divided into four parts.The first two parts analyze and sort out the creative background and composition skills of the four pieces of music,and the second two parts,based on the theoretical research in the previous two parts,explore and summarize the performance techniques and emotions of the work The mastery of multi vocal levels and the handling of pedals were discussed,focusing on the practical use of performance to convey more accurate musical images and emotions.While analyzing technology,the emotion and significance of the work were explored,and the performance characteristics and musical implications of the work were summarized.