An Analysis and Interpretation of Brahms’ Ballades, Op.10

• Main Authors: Chen, Hsuan-Jung, 陳宣蓉
• Other Authors: Wang, En
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/t3btnd

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 音樂學系 === 106 === 　　Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) was under the influence of the Romantic School but studied meticulously works from Baroque and the Classical Antiquity under the guidance of his mentor, Eduard Marxsen (1806-1887), establishing a solid foundation and rigorous attitude for his lifetime of works, and consequently forming an exceptional music style at the time. Brahms' piano solo works could be divided into three stages. In the early stage, they were mainly sonatas. In the middle stage, he turned to compose variations. In his later years, the piano solo pieces consisted of short pieces. The paper analyzes Ballades, Op.10– a piece of early works that detached from the style of sonata but still carries the property of late short pieces, making this piece quite peculiar. 　　Ballades, Op.10 is constituted by four ballades, and in particular Brahms specifically noted in the first ballade as a piece inspired by Scottish ballade Edward, which turned into the first piano ballade the composer expressing the source of inspiration in person. The paper first provides a comprehensive overview on the piano works and characteristics by Brahms in addition to briefly describing the origin and context development of the term – ballade, followed by analyzing the scope of Brahms’ Ballades. The background of creation for the work is used to understand the mental statement of Brahms during the composition at the time. Finally the paper discusses the significance of Brahms consolidating four completely different ballades into one published piece while integrating the information from the analysis and the performance experience of the researcher to propose better interpretation for this work.