A Study of Brahms’ Three Intermezzi, Op. 117

• Main Authors: Chao-hsin Lin, 林昭欣
• Other Authors: Yea-Shiuh Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6bks3q

碩士 === 國立中山大學 === 音樂學系研究所 === 106 === Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) composed Fantasies, Op. 116, Three Intermezzi, Op. 117, Piano Pieces, Op. 118, Piano Pieces, Op. 119 during years of 1892 to 1893. There are fourteen of them titled Intermezzo among these twenty pieces in total. In his early compositional period, Brahms had employed the title of Intermezzo within the large-scale forms, such as the fourth movement of F Minor Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 5, and Four Ballades, Op. 10-3. While compositions of piano character pieces flourishing in the nineteenth century, Brahms chose the simple formal structure as Intermezzo to describe his profound emotional world, which bringing a brand new exuberance for Romanticism. The research will concentrate on Brahms’ Three Intermezzi, Op. 117. There are three main chapters besides the preface and conclusion in this paper. The first chapter introduces Brahms’ life and musical experience; the second chapter discusses the historical background and the analysis of Brahms’ Three Intermezzi, Op. 117, including form, thematic materials, tonality, and the feature of developing variation technique. The third chapter focuses on exploring the interpretational thoughts of Brahms’ Intermezzos from the point of view of pianists, especially the poetic quotations suggested by Russian pianist Maria Yudina (1899-1970).