The Analysis and Interpretation of Francis Poulenc's Huit Nocturnes

• Main Authors: WU, YUN-WEI, 烏昀瑋
• Other Authors: WANG, MIN-HUEI
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/84bs37

碩士 === 輔仁大學 === 音樂學系 === 106 === Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) was a prestigious French composer and pianist in the twentieth century and in the meantime, he was also a member of "Les Six". His works are famous for beautiful and simple melodies and he is regarded as the best melodies composer after the death of Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924). Poulenc composed thirty-four piano solo works in his life and "Huit Nocturnes" belong to his representative works which he intensively composed in 1930. These works were originally written as individual jotting pieces which spanned almost a decade. He decided to aggregate them into one work in 1938. Although these are works with jotting ideas in surface, they hide some mystery, like special notation mode and symmetrical tonal relations and they are closely related. By analysing music context, I discovered not only beautiful melodies but also a special using of harmonic configuration which create a unique sound effect and give me the direction of interpretation. In this research, I will especially emphasise the features of each piece and a detail explanation of music content and provide performers a clear outline of the work.