| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣藝術大學 === 音樂學系 === 97 === Tchaikovsky’s String Quartet No. 1 in D is his most famous, particularly the second movement, Andante Cantabile, whose beautiful melody has long been a classic. Although the string quartet was written in a classical form, the Russian folksongs that Tchaikovsky adapted to it fill the work with folkloric colors. Apart from being the first important Russian work of this genre, the string quartet marks the onset of Tchaikovsky’s fame. In fact, it is still one of the frequently performed string quartets today.
This thesis investigates the compositional style and interpretation of this string quartet in five chapters. Chapter 1 is the introduction delineating the framework and trace of the research contents in terms of the following three sections: Research motivation and aim, research scope and methods and literature review. Chapter 2 explores respectively Russian music in the 19th century, the life of Tchaikovsky and his string quartets to explain the social background of that time, to discover more about Tchaikovsky and to review works of the same genre in the same period in order to develop a reference for exploring the compositional style and interpretation of the work. Chapter 3 analyzes the form and investigates the style of the work to further examine the structure and compositional techniques of the work. Chapter 4 describes the interpretation of the work. First is a comparison of different performing styles with three recordings. Next, the interpretation of individual movements is presented. Chapter 5 is the conclusion of the compositional style for the work by integrating the results obtained in the previous chapters. Lastly, advice for practicing and playing the work is provided.
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