An Analysis and Interpretation of Quatre Variations sur un Thème de Domenico Scarlatti pour Trumpet et Piano by Marcel Bitsch

• Main Authors: I-Ching Fang, 方奕晴
• Other Authors: 蘇俐方
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/u8wj7t

碩士 === 國立臺南藝術大學 === 鋼琴合作藝術研究所 === 103 === Marcel Bitsch (1921-2011) is a French composer in the 20th Century. He wrote a number of compositions for wind instruments and published books on theory of harmony, which bring significant impact on the areas of the wind instrument repertoire and the harmonic theory in modern music. Bitsch completed “Quatre Variations sur un Thème de Domenico Scarlatti pour Trumpet et Piano” in 1950. The composition contains one theme and four variations, in which the theme was derived from Domenico Scarlatti‘s “Sonata in D Major, K. 21” (1739). Bitsch varied the Baroque theme with modern harmonies and rhythms thus the style and character related to Neo-Classicism. The trumpet and the piano imitate and draw echoes toward each other throughout the entire composition. This thesis consists of three chapters. The first chapter, an overview of “Quatre Variations sur un Thème de Domenico Scarlatti” will be provided, including Bitsch’s biography, the background of his work, and the character of “Sonata in D Major, K. 21”. The second chapter is the analysis that how Bitsch used the theme of “Sonata in D Major, K. 21”, and the correlations between the theme and each variation in “Quatre Variations sur un Thème de Domenico Scarlatti”. In the third chapter, suggestions for performing this piece are given from the perspective of a collaborative pianist.