A Study On The Characteristics Of Soprano Singing Under The Aesthetic Of Instrumentalization

Reinhold Moritzevich Gliere(1875-1956)was a Soviet composer,music educator and late representative of the Russian nationalist school of music,who composed the Vocal Concerto(Op.82)for soprano and orchestra in 1943 during the Patriotic War.The work does not directly reflect the grimness of the war,but rather expresses a thought-provoking love for the great country in intimate and moving lyrical poetry from another dimension of the war.This lyrical work is free from the concept of vocal music,with no lyrics and a single vowel letter ’a’ for the human voice.This paper discusses the background,aesthetic characteristics,musical analysis,singing techniques and values of Gliere and the Vocal Concerto,using the musical ontology and genre of the work as a vehicle to explore soprano singing techniques using instrumentalised aesthetics and thinking in order to better interpret the work.The paper consists of five main sections: an introduction,three chapters in the body of the text and a conclusion.The first chapter provides an introduction to Gliere’s artistic life and the Vocal Concerto,with two sections.Aspects of the author’s study experience,his teaching career and the context in which the music was composed are discussed.In the second chapter,the musical analysis of the work is presented in three aspects: the structure and theme of the Vocal Concerto,pitch relations and the use of Russian folk music.The third chapter is a study of soprano singing techniques and values under instrumentalized aesthetics,which consists of four main sections.The first section is about the emotional expression of singing,the second section is about the use of instrumentalized thinking in the work,the third section is about the singing techniques of sopranos,and the fourth section is about the singing values and perceptions of the work.Based on the analysis of the first two sections,the content of this chapter further considers how to reasonably express musical emotions under the instrumentalized aesthetics and how the singing techniques can be adapted to the work.