An Analysis and Interpretation of Johannes Brahms’s Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 63

• Main Authors: Yi-Ju Lu, 陸怡如
• Other Authors: Chuan-I Huang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2018
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/tdf34c

碩士 === 國立臺南藝術大學 === 鋼琴合作藝術研究所 === 106 === The German composer, Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) composed a great variety of works throughout his life. He had written more than two hundred fifty Lieders, making him one of the most productive Lieder composers in the late nineteenth century. The main aim of this thesis was to investigate “Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 63”, a group of nine Lieders. ‘Junge Lieder I: Meine Liebe ist grün’ and ‘Heimweh II: O wüsst’ ich doch den Weg zurück’ are the most commonly performed Lieders out of the nine songs. For this song-group, Brahms selected texts which were written by three different poets: Max von Schenkendorff, Felix Schumann and Klaus Groth. Their poems are full of reminiscence of past loves and nostalgia for childhood. The music features strong folksong styles, rich harmony and complicated exchanging of rhythms. This thesis is divided into five chapters. Chapter one is an introduction of the motivation and methodology. Chapter two, describes the life and style in different periods of the composer. Chapter three contains brief biographies of the three poets. Chapter four, consists of the translation of the lyrics, analysis of the forms, the correlations between the lyrics, and the music and interpretation of the song-group from the viewpoint and experience of a collaborative pianist. The last chapter sums up the contents of this thesis.