On the Artistic Features of Gottschalck's Piano Works

On the Artistic Features of Gottschalck's Piano Works

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abstract:

Gottschalck is the first pianist in the United States to gain international reputation, and also the first composer to adopt the rhythm and melody of African-American, Creole folk music and Latin American music. He created a large number of piano works in his life. Starting with Gottschalck's major piano works, this paper explores his music creation path, music characteristics and unique music style, so that more people can understand Gottschalck and enter Gottschalck.

Key words:

Gottschalck; Piano works; Folk music; dance

First, Gottschalck's life.

1829 On May 8th, LouisMoreauGottschalk was born in New Orleans, USA. His father is English and his mother is Creole. He has six brothers and sisters and lives in a small house in the French quarter of New Orleans. Later, he moved to Kong Di Street in New Orleans with his relatives. His grandmother and nanny were born in St. Dominique (later called Haiti). Therefore, he was exposed to various traditional music there, such as Creole melody and Caribbean rhythm, as well as melodious folk songs. He began to play the piano when he was very young. Musical talent soon emerged. 1840, Gottschalck Jr. made his first informal public appearance at the New St. Charles Hotel, and people called him a prodigy. 1842, Gottschalck, who was only 13 years old, left the United States to study in Europe. He realized that professional training was essential to achieve his musical goals. 13 years old can still make such a professional plan, which is usually inseparable from his parents' ambitions. It can be seen from his letter that he is extremely demanding of himself. In his letter to his mother, he wrote: "I look forward to being able to support myself in two years or less."

However, in Europe, Gottschalck got off to a rough start. The Paris Conservatory rejected his application, so he had to study privately with Kalha Le, Camier-Marie Stame and Pierre Meryton, and then Berlioz. 1844' s piano premiere laid the foundation for his career and was highly praised by Chopin, who predicted that he would soon become one of the most important pianists in this century. After enjoying a good reputation in Europe, he returned to the United States on 1853 and held a series of concerts. He may try to escape from an environment that he thinks is dominated by selfishness and vanity, and the problem of readjusting to American culture seems to be with him all the time. In the years to come, he has to make a living and start his wandering days.

From 65438 to 0854, Gottschalck stayed in Cuba for a long time, and his interest in music gradually shifted to Central America and South America. From 65438 to the 1960s, Gottschalck established himself in the American music industry, largely because of his diligence. In just four and a half months, he gave 85 concerts in a place in new york. 1865 in may, the San Francisco newspaper mentioned him like this: "he traveled 95,000 miles by train and gave 1000 concerts." The music magazine of Boston Press commented: "To be honest, we haven't heard a more wonderful performance ... His performance is extremely chic, steep, elegant and foolproof; Touch the keys cleanly, beautifully and crisply; Finger training and fluency; The sound pattern is always so symmetrical and accurate; Almost eight sentences, wonderful operation. From then on, we may taste the unique mellow performance skills of famous artists. " Gottschalck suffered a sharp turn in his life in September 1865. After the scandal involving him and his students in Oakland Abbey was exposed, he had to leave the United States to start his tour in South America. There he started his frequent concerts, and he went to Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and other places to hold concerts, showing his skills to the audience in South America and winning warm appreciation. 1869 Gottschalck unfortunately got yellow fever in Rio de Janeiro. The 40-year-old artist died in DeLuca, Brazil after suffering for three weeks. He was little known because of his early death.

Second, a brief analysis of Gottschalck's major piano works.

Poet Ding (work 1 10). Composed in 1863 and published in 1865, it is one of Gottschalck's representative works and the most frequently played music in the concert. This is a sad work, in 6/8 time, in E flat major, Andante. This song is a trilogy. After the introduction of eight bars, the main theme of the song began to be played in the bass part, and then the sad melody was moved to the treble part. The appearance of high-pitched repetition pushed the song to a climax, and finally ended the poet's mood with extremely weak strength. This work is Gottschalck's transformation work. Before that, most of his works were dance music, which he wrote after his father died, and his sadness was deeply reflected in music. Memories of Puerto Rico (SouvenirdePortoRico, Op. 3 1). The work is in Latin American style, and the subtitle is "MarchedesGibaros" or "March of farmers". Gibaros is a local farmer.

When I first heard this piece of music, I had an illusion. I was listening to an unpublished Liszt work: the bright feeling and sonorous rhythm were intertwined, giving full play to the piano playing skills. From 1853 to 1854 and from 1857 to 1862, Gottschalck arrived in Cuba. During this period, he visited Puerto Rico, Haiti and other countries. This work was written in 1857, based on a Christmas song in Puerto Rico, with 2/4 beats. In the creation of this work, the composer integrated four typical Caribbean rhythms and Polonaise rhythms, and wrote variations. This song started from pp, and after four variations, it pushed the whole song to a climax with ff, and finally gradually disappeared into the crowd, as if we felt that the military band was coming towards us from a distance, passing by and drifting away. The Last Hope (Op. 16). This is a work that caters to the preferences of the audience at that time. 1853 10 In October, Gottschalck's father passed away, and he was in deep pain. In order to shoulder the burden of his family, he had to perform everywhere to increase his income. This song is also one of Gottschalck's widely circulated works. Published in 1854, there is a sad and sweet feeling.

The work starts in b minor and then moves to b major. This is a 3/4 beat single-voice work. Gottschalck described his sad mood with a simple romantic and sad melody, and expressed his pious feelings by using a variety of colorful techniques, such as quick sound group and vibrato. Spanish caprice "Hota in Aragon Style" (La Jota Aragon ESA, Caprice Espagnol, op. 14). This is one of Gottschalck's masterpieces, and it is a fragment of the Gorgeous Piano Symphony ElsitiodeZaragoza written by the composer for 65,438+00 pianos. 10 Piano Symphony is the first in the history of piano. It has been performed twice, once in Madrid and once in Havana. These works are based on the Spanish "Huo Da" dance. Hoda dance is a folk dance popular in Aragon, Spain. It has a fast three-beat rhythm, and one or more couples dance violently together by jumping and rotating, often accompanied by instruments such as guitar, tambourine, castanet and bandura. This piece by Gottschalck is based on Aragon dance, in E flat major, 6/8 beats. Adopt three fixed accompaniment modes, cheerful and enthusiastic, with typical Spanish music style. The memory of Andalusia. This is Gottschalck's improvisation at a concert in 185 1 Madrid. This work is in D minor, with 3/4 beats. This song is based on the melody of Spanish folk songs and dances. The timbre in the high-pitched area is very bright and fast, almost all written in two or three intervals. The rhythm of triplet makes us feel the freedom, openness and enthusiasm of Spanish music.

Third, the artistic features of Gottschalck's piano works.

(A) the folk music features of the works

Gottschalck was born in Orleans, USA. His father is an English businessman and his mother is a Creole of French aristocratic descent. He lived in the French quarter of New Orleans when he was a teenager. His grandmother and nanny were both born in Santo Domingo. His grandfather owned farms and slaves when St. Ross was governor. Therefore, he was exposed to all kinds of traditional folk music in his childhood. When he was a child, he went to Europe to study 1 1 year, and then spent 1 1 year traveling and performing, crossing two continents, touching people, touching the music of working people, and capturing the rhythm of the Caribbean and the melody of plantations. This piece of music contains a lot of dance music, which makes his works have a sense of dance.

(B) Cross-border music style

Gottschalck lived in an era when nationalist music was just popular. His musical style not only inherits the creative style of romantic music, but also has the musical style of national music genre. He grew up under the influence of Creole music and European music and has a series of tours in South America. His creation is also based on native American Indians and black music, capturing the rhythm of folk dance, especially the unique rhythm of black dance. And constantly absorb, utilize, sublate, try and innovate in their own creative practice. These experiences made him finally form his own unique creative style. His works have the characteristics of American Creole music, Spanish music and South American music.

(3) the technical characteristics of the work

1. Application of imitation techniques1At the beginning of the 9th century, the piano pronunciation device and percussion system were improved, and the pedals were fully utilized. Composers try to maximize the expressive force of the piano in more ways. Gottschalck often uses some creative techniques to imitate the sounds of folk plucked instruments, percussion instruments and animals. For example, in "Memories of Andalusia", there is an imitation of the guitar triplet; Banjo (Op. 15) is a piano imitation of the popular African folk musical instrument banjo. Lagall Na (Op.53) can hear the sound of imitating hens from the theme, with a little rhythm, and so on.

2. The characteristic rhythm of dance music is often dominated by the characteristic rhythm of dance music in Gottschalck's piano music "Pretend", which has a strong dance. Spanish capriccio "Hota in Aragon Style" is based on Spanish Huo Da dance music, and its rhythm is cheerful and lively. Memories of Puerto Rico is taken from a Christmas song in Puerto Rico, which adopts the tango rhythm of South America, with rich rhythm and enthusiasm. Danza, Op.33) first appeared in French Polka music, and then turned to the rhythm of Spanish dance Habanella, and added a unique syncopation rhythm to express the characteristics of dance music.

3. The use of dazzling techniques Many of Gottschalck's piano techniques are based on Liszt's techniques, but dazzling techniques are rarely used in his works. He prefers to use bright timbre in the high-pitched area, perform gorgeous tricks in the high-pitched area, and use repetition, vibrato, decorative sounds and vivid sentences, as well as a lot of syncopated rhythms, thus showing a lively dance. For example, in Variations on the Brazilian National Anthem (69) and Memories of Puerto Rico, he used chord vibrato and syncopation rhythm to make his works more beautiful and charming.

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/kloc-American music in the 0 th and 9 th centuries constantly absorbs the essence of European music like a sponge. Before the 20th century, American music was established according to European music standards, and it was Gottschalck who introduced American music to the world. Gottschalck's childhood living environment and tour experiences around the world provided him with multi-ethnic musical elements. He captured the music of working people among the people, attracted him to create novel and unique music, and made these folk dances and songs fully displayed in the form of piano music. He made great contributions to the exploration of American music to find its own national characteristics.

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