Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Inter-cultural Communication (ICELAIC 2018)

The Stylistic Features of Chopin’s Four Ballades

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Li Lin
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Li Lin
Available Online December 2018.
DOI
10.2991/icelaic-18.2018.125How to use a DOI?
Keywords
romantic; ballade; stylistic
Abstract

Chopin's narrative music, as an instrumental genre, shows more originality than other piano works created by him. Based on the analysis of the characteristics of the four ballades, it is clear that the themes of the four narratives are composed of singing melody, recitation, dance rhythm, and so on. “The Ballade In G Minor” expresses a kind of sadness in the tone of sighing, as if reading a sad epic; “The Ballade In F Major” uses pastoral tones and dance rhythms to express a quiet, brisk tone that seems to be reciting an elegant pastoral poem; “The Ballade In A Major” uses lyric melody and changes of high and low area to express the scene that men and women confide in each other as if reading a love poem full of tenderness; “The Ballade In F Minor” uses a euphemistic melody, accompanied by the soothing rhythm of a waltz, to express a melancholy as if singing a tearful song in a low voice. Chopin's piano narratives reflect the rapid development of the expressiveness of piano art in the early stage of romanticism. From the form of these piano works, they not only have the traditional style of perfect classic, but also have the bold innovation of originality, they not only have completed standard of form appearance, but also have the exploration and pursuit of innovation.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Inter-cultural Communication (ICELAIC 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
December 2018
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978-94-6252-641-9
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icelaic-18.2018.125How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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