Leoš Janáček Violin Sonata--An Analysis and Thoughts on Musical Expressions and Performance Techniques

• Main Authors: Huang Wei-Chun, 黃暐鈞
• Other Authors: Fu Wei-Ting
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/k8vd7s

碩士 === 臺北市立教育大學 === 音樂學系碩士班 === 101 === Leoš Janáček (1854-1928) was born in Hukvaldy and died in Moravská Ostrava. He, Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884), and Antonín Leopold Dvořák (1841-1904) were distinguished as “the most important Czech composers.” This paper will discuss Leoš Janáček’s violin sonata, his unique music style and his attempt of combining various materials, such as natural sounds and vocal language into his compositions. This paper includes seven chapters. Chapter 1 presents the research scope, field, and methodology of this study. Chapter 2 briefly introduces his life, musical style and the background of this violin sonata. Chapters 3 to 6 analyze the musical structure, tonalities and melodies of this sonata. All of the explanations will be provided with music examples. The discussions on violin performance techniques include fingerings, bowing, dynamics and tone color. In addition, this paper will offer some practicing methods regarding left hand. Chapter 7 gives a conclusion.