| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 音樂學系 === 104 === In the late eighteenth century, Europe was in turmoil because of series of revolutions. People struggled to earn livings and therefore turned to arts and literature for consolation. Arts are no doubt good ways to express human nature. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) indicated that music is the best means for conveying emotion. In the nineteenth century, a viewpoint aimed at emotional expression evoked composers’ responses. Robert Schumann’s (1810-1856) compositions were rich in affections and he stood out as one of the most important composer in the nineteenth century. Schumann wrote to his mother, “I believe music to be ideal language of the soul”. For Schumann, music is a kind of language .Everything can be the inspiration of compositions.
In Schuman’s compositions, the majority was piano and voice works. Character piece are especially the most distinctive ones. Carnaval (1835) was Schumann’s character piece of his youth which contain twenty pieces. Schumann converted “Asch” which was the hometown of his lover- Ernestine von Fricken, (1816-1844) into the motive of Carnaval. Affected by Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825) who was a celebrated author of his time, Carnaval was flooded with illusions and implications. There were many character depictions in the Carnaval-extrovert Florestan and introvert Eusebius, reflecting the contradiction in his character.
There were six chapters in the thesis which included the background of Schumann, the influence of literature on Schumann, the background of Carnaval and analysis of structure. With the discussion and analysis in different aspects, how Schumann wanted to express is expected to understand, so that the performer can understand more about the characteristic and style of Schumann’s compositions.
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