| Summary: | 博士 === 國立臺北藝術大學 === 音樂學系博士班 === 96 === Twentieth century music has broken the boundary of tonality and fixed forms. Composers today have more freedom and opportunity to unleash their creativities. The artistic form such as Music Theatre which integrates the music, dance, theatre and multimedia arts thus becomes a reality. The creators would need more discretion when generating the ideas because of that. The percussion music, known for its diverse instruments and abundant sound variations, appears to be an important source of inspiration under such as current of thoughts. The sound innovation, instrumentation and necessary body impulse for the percussion music performance provoke the consideration of visual design, encouraging the creators to cross over different artistic elements and to enrich the solid image of music.
Percussion works with artistic elements aside from pure instrument-playing appeared in the late 70s. Some of the representative composers are Mauricio Kagel (1931~) and Georges Aperghis (1945~). To the present, there are still numerous composers, soloists and ensembles continue to make debut on this trend. To accomplish a presentation fulfilled with audio and visual artistry, the performers usually need to think from an alternative angle for the rehearsals and performances. This dissertation studies the application of theatrical elements in percussion works in terms of literature reviews, clinical rehearsals and performances by exploring the historical background and the analysis of the percussion works.
The first part of the thesis is a historical review of percussion music and the works with theatrical elements. The researcher explores several cultural roots of percussion music, the evolution of percussion music in the Western music world and their influence on the following development in the Twentieth century. The second part of the thesis focuses on the integration of percussion performance and theatrical elements. The researcher discusses the definition of theatre arts. How the theatrical elements are applied in the percussion works are clearly explained and exemplified, including body moment, position, vocal, emotion expression, costume design, lighting design, and props. In the last part, eight works with significant status in adopting theatrical elements are thoroughly discussed and analyzed.
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