| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 音樂學系在職進修碩士班 === 100 === Wolf has been one of the greatest Lied (German art song) composers after Schubert and Schumann. His comprehensive literary erudition contributes to his diverse sources when writing lyrics. Inspired by Richard Wagner, his pieces shed not only more dramatic touch and stark contrast tone, but also more elements of humor and amusement that hardly seen in that of other composers.
This paper aims to analyze and study 16 humorous songs selected from Mörike-Lieder and Italienisches Liederbuch. The research scope not only covers the composer’s whole life and style of music, but also reaches to how he was inspired to write the two song selections and the techniques he applied. The form analysis of the song selections is included in the research. Based on the overall literary data and the ideas presented by the author, the article will render suggestions as well as the afterthoughts after singing and interpreting the songs.
Thoughts after this research: when one sings songs of this kind, it is of great importance to know the meaning of lyrics, and pay attention to both heavy and light syllables, as how Wolf familiarizes rhythms in lines of poems. When a performer knows thoroughly about interrelations between vocal music and piano tunes, he/she will be more certain about breath-adjusting techniques when singing and the skill to shift pitches. When accompanied on piano, a performer shall carefully manage to match each stop of song lines with every breath.
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