The Relationship between music and literature of Liszt’s Vallée d’Oberman

• Main Authors: Tzu-ai Kang, 康慈愛
• Other Authors: Yea-Shiuh Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/32593336713890680532

碩士 === 國立中山大學 === 音樂學系研究所 === 98 === Vallée d’Obermann is the large-scale character piece of Années de Pèlerinage : Suisse. This composition was published in 1842, which was inspired by the landscape and literary works’ reading while Liszt and Countess Marie d’Agoult traveled to Switzerland. Its musical content is closely related to the novel Obermann by French writer Étienne Pivert de Senancour. Liszt quoted the Letter 63 and Letter 4 from the novel as the preface of Obermann. Vallée d’Obermann , compensated by Byron’s Childe Harold’s Piligrimage. This thesis would focus on the relationship between music and literature of Liszt’s Vallée d’Obermann. The research includes three chapters. Chapter one will describe mainly Liszt’s music career and literary background, and discuss how Liszt’s writing program music is related to literature, and survey all his literature related piano works. Chapter two would introduce Senancour’s life and Obermann’s writing background. The unique characteristic of the novel will be explored . Chapter three, the musical analysis and interpretation parts will reveal the historical background of Vallée d’Obermann, its detailed analysis of the formal structure, the compositional style, and the relevance of literary work. From scholars’ view, the interpretational suggestions will be included. By studying this topic, performers will understand the connection between music and literature in Vallée d’Obermann , and more listeners can really appreciate this music from their heart..