Abstract
Chopin, a great composer and piano player of the Romantic period, holds a unique and irreplaceable position in the history of Western piano. His piano compositions are well known for their poetic and musical structures, cantabile melodies and tones, ingeniously harmonious language, and profound national emotions. These features are highly similar to classical Chinese poems in terms of structure, rhythm, emotion, and musicality. For Chinese people, their acceptance and love of Western music are largely begun with their appreciation of Chopin’s piano works. Interpreting Chopin’s music by classical Chinese poems is therefore conducive to further grasping the essence of his works. This paper attempts to focus on Chopin’s etude Op10, No3 to demonstrate the charm of his music from the traditional cultural perspective of classical Chinese poems and, by a detailed analysis of his masterly rhythm and poetic structure of music, to reveal how such a perspective can help achieve the purpose of piano teaching.
Highlights
Chopin (1810-1849) is a famous Polish composer, pianist and ‘patriotic musician’ of the Romantic era, who has been renowned as a ‘poet of piano’
This paper attempts to focus on Chopin’s etude Op10, No3 to demonstrate the charm of his music from the traditional cultural perspective of classical Chinese poems and, by a detailed analysis of his masterly rhythm and poetic structure of music, to reveal how such a perspective can help achieve the purpose of piano teaching
This paper attempts to focus on Chopin’s etude Op10, No3 to demonstrate the charm of his music from the traditional cultural perspective of classical Chinese poems, and to reveal how this perspective can help achieve the purpose of piano teaching
Summary
Chopin (1810-1849) is a famous Polish composer, pianist and ‘patriotic musician’ of the Romantic era, who has been renowned as a ‘poet of piano’ Since he left his motherland at the age of 20, he is conventionally referred to by some people as a ‘voluntary exile’; and as he died in 1849 in Paris, he is called by others a ‘Polish orphan’. He has left behind him over 200 piano compositions including ballades, etudes, preludes, waltzes, and nocturnes. This paper attempts to focus on Chopin’s etude Op10, No3 to demonstrate the charm of his music from the traditional cultural perspective of classical Chinese poems, and to reveal how this perspective can help achieve the purpose of piano teaching
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