An Analysis and Interpretative Study of Claude Debussy's Sonata for Violoncello and Piano

• Main Authors: Chiu Yun-Ting, 邱筠婷
• Other Authors: 萬靜伶
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/33058970433573524253

碩士 === 臺北市立教育大學 === 音樂學系教學碩士學位班 === 98 === During World War I, Claude Debussy (1862-1918), the founder of French impressionist music, composed 6 sonatas for various instruments. The first of 6 sonata series, the Cello Sonata was written in 1915 and was dedicated to his second wife, Emma Debussy. A more in-depth analysis of Debussy’s Cello Sonata is presented in the following five chapters. The first chapter discusses the motive and methodology of the composition. The second chapter explains the distinguishing compositional style that Debussy uses in the Cello Sonata through his life background and cultural change of his time. The third chapter analyzes the structure, the style and the characteristic of the Cello Sonata. The fourth chapter probes into all terminologies used in the Sonata, the atmosphere the composer attempts to deliver, and an individual view to explain the entire Suite. The final chapter gives a summary of the analysis as well as a personal perspective of the Cello Sonata.