A Study of Leoš Janáček's Violin Sonata from a Collaborative Pianist's Perspective

• Main Authors: Tzeng, Yu-Chia, 曾語加
• Other Authors: Lin, Rei-Ping
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/kqam8y

碩士 === 國立臺南藝術大學 === 鋼琴合作藝術研究所 === 106 === Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) was born in Hukvaldy, Moravia, Czech. He devoted himself mainly to collect folk songs, and to explore the essence of Czech folk music and tried to combine it with his own theory. His works include opera, choral orchestral music, vocal music, chamber music, orchestral music, piano works etc. Violin Sonata is Leoš Janáček’s later work, created in 1914-1921 during World War I (1914-1918). The tonality is ambiguous and difficult to define it with traditional major-minor tonality. There are enharmonics in all of the four movements. The melodic lines are simple, but with exotic style. The rhythmic figures are short, and there are many tempo changes among sections. In the piano part, there are lots of fast arpeggios and tremolos. The atmosphere of the whole piece is filled with turbulent tension, but with folk-like lightness at the same time, which is challenging to the performers. This thesis is divided into four chapters. Chapter one is introduction. Chapter two consists of Leoš Janáček’s biography, works, compositional music style and the historical background and music characteristics at his time. Chapter three explores the compositional background of Janáček’s Violin Sonata, and analyzes the forms, the themes, the rhythms, scales, tonalities, enharmonics and accompanying figures in the piano part. Moreover, I will discuss the performance interpretation from a collaborative pianist’s point of view. Chapter four is conclusion.