銜接浪漫派音樂的橋樑 1 – Songs without Words

銜接浪漫派音樂的橋樑 1 – Songs without Words

銜接浪漫派音樂的橋樑 1 - Songs without Words

老師們是否也有發現,雖然我們讓學生彈了許多比較有音樂性的練習曲,例如布爾格彌勒18首、Gurlitt的組曲、Heller或是柴可夫斯基的青少年曲集...等等,但如果想要銜接蕭邦或是一些浪漫派比較精緻細膩、情感比較成熟的樂曲,似乎學生在音樂處理的經驗還是很不足…

以往我都會花心思尋找很多的樂曲來讓學生逐漸累積程度與經驗,好填補這段從佈爾格彌勒18首~蕭邦中間的斷層。幾年前發現了這本Christos Tsitsaros寫的「無言歌」,作曲家的出發點跟我想解決的方向竟然是一致的,用了幾年下來,很開心覺得對學生幫助蠻多的,所以分享給大家~

這本「無言歌」裡的曲子風格種類很多,作曲家運用了類似葛利格、蕭邦、舒曼、史克里亞賓、拉赫瑪尼諾夫、德布西和普羅高菲夫…等作曲家的作品風格來創作。看了Tsitsaros自己的說明,他是希望能藉由介紹這些風格,讓學生在音樂的掌控能力上有更多的經驗,也想藉著這些樂曲的練習來解決一些技術上的問題,像是音樂動態的練習、樂句的細膩處理、雙手之間平衡的控制能力、輕巧的手指動作與節奏的穩定性結合、正確正確地使用踏板…等等,很適合中級或是中高級的學生挑戰。

Songs Without Words - Nine Character Pieces for Piano Solo 2

曲名:A Winter Fable

練習重點:一句句細膩的堆疊樂句,雙手音色平衡的控制。

作曲家創作意念: 

speaks of places immersed in mystery and of hearts that unite after a long separation.
(翻譯參考:描述沉浸在神秘的地方,以及經過長時間分離後終於結合在一起的心)

Songs without Words

曲名:Arabesque (Autumn Storms) 

練習重點:左手音群的掌控、雙手不同層次的音色控制

作曲家創作意念:

one can hear the echo of an old hollow bell ringing and feel the autumn breezes drawing their playful arabesques.
(翻譯參考:可以聽到來自古老鈴噹的迴響,並能感覺到秋天像在嬉戲般的微風)

Songs Without Words - Nine Character Pieces for Piano Solo 3

曲名:Scherzo (Sledding) 

練習重點:需要非常嚴格精準的掌控好節奏、速度以及熟練度

作曲家創作意念:

Sledding is a musical impression of playful sounds and laughter, with a winter landscape as the backdrop.
(翻譯參考:雪橇的音樂影像是嬉戲的聲音和笑聲,以冬季風景為背景)

Songs without Words 1

曲名:Searching 

練習重點:學習聆聽不和諧的聲響,充滿休止符帶來的不穩定感

作曲家創作意念:

Here is no external image for Searching. Rather, it is about a state of the soul, a song without words in the real sense, since language cannot adequately express the emotions contained within it.
(翻譯參考:這裡沒有適用於Searching的額外想像。相反的,它是關於靈魂的狀態,這是一首在意義上沒有言語的歌曲,因為語言無法充分表達音樂中所包含的情感。)

Songs without Words 2

曲名:Mirage

練習重點:切分音的固定伴奏音型、掌控較大音程所構成主旋律、彈性速度的練習

作曲家創作意念:

Alongside the image of a caravan that traverses the desert, Mirage reflects the never-ending journey of self-realization and the final reconciliation with oneself.
(翻譯參考:除了穿越沙漠的商隊形象,Mirage反映了自我實現的無止境旅程和與最終的自我接納)

Songs Without Words - Nine Character Pieces for Piano Solo 4

曲名:On The Wings Of A Song 

練習重點:輕巧的手指、快速音群的精緻音色與速度掌控

作曲家創作意念:

The long melodic line in On The Wings Of A Song is carried over a soaring, fast-moving accompaniment expressing the happiness that mixes with impatience when one is hopeful, driven, and inspired. 
(參考翻譯:在On The Wings Of A Song 中悠長的旋律線條在飛揚、快速移動的伴奏下傳遞訊息,表達當人們充滿希望,動力和靈感時充滿的快樂)

Songs without Words 3

曲名:Milonga De Los Ninos (Dance Song Of The Children) 

練習重點:代表風格的節奏音型掌控、節奏分明的個性詮釋

作曲家創作意念:

Though it begins as an innocent dance, Milonga De Los Niños leads to a powerful conclusion through passionate rhythmic accents and an engaging contrapuntal texture.
(翻譯參考:儘管它是很大眾化舞蹈,但Milonga De LosNiños卻通過熱情的節奏展現迷人的對位旋律)

Songs without Words 4

曲名:Sounds Of The Rain 

練習重點:掌握拍號改變後帶來的不同音樂變化、雙手協調性的練習

作曲家創作意念:

Sounds Of The Rain is another of those pieces where the music generates the emotions. It is about the kind of relief we experience when a light rain falls in the early evening, and the mystery and wonder it generates as it grows stronger. 
(翻譯參考:雨聲是音樂產生情感的另一部分。 這是關於傍晚小雨時我們所經歷的一種解脫,以及隨著它變得越來越強而產生的神秘和驚奇的感受)

Songs Without Words - Nine Character Pieces for Piano Solo 5

曲名:Love’s Sorrow

練習重點:作曲者在拍子結構上故意設計了雙手樂句型態不同(68拍與34拍的錯覺),但仍然要以68拍來感受音樂

作曲家創作意念:

The memory of tender moments melts away in the final phrases of Love's Sorrow, not unlike the flame of a dying candle that leaves behind it a bittersweet smell.
(翻譯參考:溫柔時刻的記憶在這首《愛情的悲傷》最後一句話中消失了,就像將熄滅的蠟燭火焰在最後留下苦中帶甜的氣味一樣)

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