Music appreciation of "The Voice of Spring Waltz"
There is no prologue, but after the rich introduction of four bars, the first theme of the whole song appears in B flat major, and the complex decorative melody gives the audience a feeling of spring.
Immediately after the second theme, F major, entered, the melody tended to be peaceful, but the colors were still bright;
After repeating the first theme, the beautiful third theme slowly enters with the arpeggio accompaniment of the harp, giving people a spring-like comfortable feeling;
The fourth theme shows infinite vitality with the beating of large intervals;
The fifth and sixth themes are slightly darker, as if describing the clouds floating occasionally in spring;
The seventh theme is free rhythm, the gloomy atmosphere is swept away, and the melody shows the feeling of spring vitality; The end of the music is also relatively simple, just repeating the first theme, using the melody of the first theme to change, and the whole song ends neatly.
Musical Features of the Waltz of the Voice of Spring
This song is very different from the author's other waltzes: it is not a typical Viennese waltz, nor is it written as dance accompaniment music. It is a musical program performed on the stage and has the nature of pure musical performance. The rhythm is free, full of changes, the melody is vivid and coherent, and it has a strong appreciation. It is rarely used for dancing, and there are no paragraphs in the original score. In addition, this song also has the characteristics of Rondo. It has a Rondo theme A that is repeated many times and runs through the whole song. The theme is presented after a brief and warm introduction, and the gorgeous and agile melody is like the breath of spring, full of youthful vitality. Several other waltzes are beautiful and full of energy. The whole song is highly artistic, appealing to both refined and popular tastes and enduring. The song vividly depicts the spring back to the earth, the melting of snow and ice, a vibrant scene, like a colorful oil painting, forever maintaining the spring scenery of nature. It's a beautiful tune.
A Brief Introduction to the Author of Waltz in Spring
Johann strauss German: johann strauss, 1825- 1899, a famous Austrian composer, conductor and violinist. He loved music since he was a child and began to write waltzes at the age of seven. He composed more than 400 music works in his life, including waltzes and marches, among which Blue Danube, Ode to the Vienna Forest and sound of spring are the most famous. These works are beautiful and full of life, reflecting the people's love for life and optimistic thoughts and feelings, and are deeply loved by the people, so he is called "the king of waltzes". Johann strauss has the same name as his father, and both of them are famous for their waltzes. In order to distinguish, people add the words "old" and "small" before their names. Johann Strauss I is called "the father of waltz".
Strauss's creative activities can be roughly divided into three periods. Although Strauss wrote the famous Waltz of the South Rose, Waltz of the Voice of Spring and Waltz of the Emperor,
1844 10 johann strauss, who was only 19 years old, led his band to make its debut in a first-class hotel in Vienna, which caused a great sensation. A waltz "father-son war" began. Old John used his connections to stop entertainment venues from hiring his son's band to perform, but smart John began to gradually cultivate an audience different from his father. He turned his attention to young people and nationalists, and created early music works such as Vienna Youth, March of Serbia and Polka. At the 1873 Vienna World Expo, Johann Strauss II's No.314 Blue Danube Waltz was popular all over the world.
His works include 168 waltzes,10/7 polkas, 73 triumphs, 43 marches and 16 operettas. Strauss's creative activities can be roughly divided into three periods. The first phase is before 1863. During this period, he basically followed the model of Viennese waltz, but he increased the expressive force of music in his works. The second issue is 1864- 1870. At this time, his creation has matured, and he has created a large number of famous waltzes that are still widely circulated today, such as The Blue Danube and The Story of Vienna Forest. The third issue is1871-1899. Although Strauss composed the famous Waltz of the South Rose, Waltz of the Voice of Spring and Waltz of the Emperor, he was mainly engaged in the creation of operetta. In the nearly 30 years since 187 1, he has written 16 operettas. Under the influence of offenbach and Su Pei, he made full use of the Viennese waltz and other dance genres, making the Viennese operetta unique. Among them, Bat 1874 and Baron Gypsy 1885 are particularly prominent.