Abstract
Tragedy is an important aesthetic form. And the tragic spirit is a sense of tragedy reflected by both the artist and the artistic work. On the one hand, the tragedy spirit of Shostakovich's vocal cycle comes from the aesthetic preference of the Russian nation, traditional art and the unfortunate fate of the composer himself, and on the other, it is also expressed via the description of death, pessimistic love and the suffering of life. The various composing techniques are the most reliable communication tool for the tragedy spirit of vocal cycle.
Highlights
Tragedy and the Spirit of TragedyTragedy is not just a tragic event occurred in life or a drama in parochial theory of literature, it is a kind of beauty in the form of aesthetic categories as well
The tragic spirit is a sense of tragedy reflected by both the artist and the artistic work
The tragedy spirit of Shostakovich's vocal cycle comes from the aesthetic preference of the Russian nation, traditional art and the unfortunate fate of the composer himself, and on the other, it is expressed via the description of death, pessimistic love and the suffering of life
Summary
Tragedy is not just a tragic event occurred in life or a drama in parochial theory of literature, it is a kind of beauty in the form of aesthetic categories as well. Aristotle established the tragic theory which became the source of the western tragedy tradition He defined it as the "imitation of a complete and whole action having a proper magnitude" (1541a) (Aristotle, 1981). Aristotle believed that it is the hero (i.e., good people who have committed mistakes) himself who leads to the tragedy rather than the fate or behaviour of his character. Music of the tragic spirit is reflected in the Shostakovich’s personality, psychology and writing habits, is expressed by non-visual, non-semantic ways. It is precisely because the non-visual and non-semantic music, we get a broader and more flexible imagination to the tragic heroes of music compositions, and get shocked by stronger tragic feelings
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