Appreciation of Mozart's The Wedding of Figaro

1, overture to the opera The Wedding of Figaro (Op. 492)

Mozart's opera The Wedding of Figaro was completed in April 1786 and premiered in Vienna in May of the same year. This play was written by Ponte based on the novel of the same name by French playwright Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais.

Comedy writing. This opera mainly describes the pure love between Figaro, the earl's footman and barber, and Susanna, the countess's maid.

Deeply and sharply put forward the social problems against feudal system. In the play, ordinary people appear on the stage with wit, courage and victory, but it is more expensive for feudalism.

The hypocrisy and depravity of the clan were mercilessly satirized and exposed. At that time, the play was warmly welcomed and was also dissatisfied and banned by the court nobles.

The theme music of the overture of the opera "The Wedding of Figaro" is not directly related to the music in the opera, but it is in the same strain as the content of the opera in style and emotion.

Yes This overture is an interesting work, which summarizes the personality characteristics of ordinary people and sets off the happy atmosphere of comedy victory. It's not hard to see figa.

Luo's witty and humorous image and Susanna's smart and beautiful image.

The overture adopts sonata structure, omitting the expansion part. The main part of the presentation consists of two topics:

The first theme is a slightly faster sound stream with distinct personality.

The second theme is Allegro, like a bright and powerful horn, which embodies the style of lyric comedy.

There are lively jumping rhythms and chords in the connection part, which pushes the warm mood forward.

The second part also has two themes, written in a subordinate tone. The first theme is full of vigor and vitality, and the voice pattern appears repeatedly, which symbolizes Figaro's indomitable character of fighting for love freedom.

The second theme makes Figaro's character of being brave in struggle more prominent.

The ending part is beautiful and delicate, full of singing, depicting the image of the girl Susanna.

After a short sentence, the music enters the reproduction department, and the theme of the sub-department appears in the main melody. The whole song is full of warm atmosphere, showing Figaro's victory over feudalism.

Force, the happiness of freedom of marriage.

2. Serenade for strings in G major (Op. 525)

Mozart wrote thirteen serenades in his life, the most representative of which was "Serenade for Strings in G Major" written in August 1787. This is a light music.

Full of simple and sincere feelings. It is played by the first violin, the second violin, viola, cello and double cello. Because this is the only one of all Mozart's serenades.

One is played with strings, so it is called "String Serenade" or "String Serenade in G Major". It is a model of instrumental serenade in18th century.

This work has four movements. The first movement: Allegro, sonata structure, with the style of March. The prelude of the first four bars is an introductory phrase with horn characteristics.

Clear and powerful tone, full of confidence.

The theme of the presentation department is fresh and smooth, full of emotions, and the appearance of Tik Tok is more energetic.

The theme of the sub-part consists of two parts. In the first part, the theme has a distinct rhythm, and Legato and staccato modes appear alternately.

The second part is the continuous repetition of vibrato and staccato, which is humorous and contains a sense of self-enjoyment.

The expansion part is very short, mainly including the introductory phrase and the auxiliary part of the second part of the theme.

The reproduction part is based on the principle of sonata form, the theme tonality of the auxiliary part changes from subordinate to main melody, and the others are basically the reproduction of the presentation part, and finally it is a short and pithy ending. The whole movement

The rhythm is lively, the melody is vivid, concise, neat and full of power.

The second movement: Andante, which is lyrical and romantic, has the characteristics of Rondo. The theme is simple, lyrical, elegant and broad.

The melody inserted in the first paragraph is full of fluidity, singing and dancing lightly.

The jump during the second insertion is in sharp contrast to the Legato.

The third interlude is the only small theme in the whole song. It adopts echo sound pattern and appears continuously in the dialogue between violin and cello, forming a high-pitched part and a low-pitched part.

The contrast of bass adds drama to the music.

Finally, the whole movement ended in a quiet atmosphere.

The third movement: a short and exquisite minuet, a trilogy with complicated structure.

The first part of the theme consists of two contrasting melodies, which are lively and powerful, lyrical and smooth, and have a dance style.

The second part of the melody is sweet and soft, with singing. It is also composed of two contrasting melodies.

The third part ends the whole movement after repeating the theme of the first part.

The fourth movement: Allegro, Rondo sonata structure. The presentation section contains two topics. The first theme is a Venice pop song with a lively melody.

The theme of youthful vitality and brilliant life is repeated five times in this movement, but the tonality changes every time.

The second theme is beautiful, delicate and vivid, which is similar to the second part of the theme of the first movement and has the style of dance music.

The extension part is based on the tonality change and development of the main theme.

The reappearance part appears upside down with the theme of the auxiliary part in front and the theme of the main part in the back, thus strengthening the unique warm emotion of Rondo.

The serenade of strings in G major ended in a cheerful, clear and cheerful atmosphere.

3. violin concerto no 5 in a major (op 2 19)

Mozart has six violin concertos. His first five violin concertos were written in the months from 65438 to 0775. The fifth violin concerto is finished.

Established in177565438+February. Mozart, who was 19 years old at that time, was a court musician in Salzburg, but his creative speed and artistic maturity were amazing.

It's already started. These five violin concertos are elegant in style, beautiful in melody and full of youth.

Mozart has made great contributions to the establishment of classical concerto genre, and his concerto adopts the comparative form of three movements-fast-slow-fast; And determined the first movement.

The theme contrast principle of sonata style: that is, the first movement generally has two presentation parts, the first one is to state the basic theme by the band, and the second one is to be expressed by the solo instrument.

Emphasize the role of solo instruments and give full play to their skills. The fifth violin concerto is famous for its unique structure.

The first movement: Allegro, sonata form.

The band played powerful chords at the beginning of the movement, which added vitality to the music. Then, with the vibrato of the second violin and viola as the background, the first violin

The loud voice played the theme of the introduction, which is the embryonic form of the first theme of this movement.

After a connection, I smoothly entered the second theme, elegant and light.

Then, the solo violin played a slow and expressive aria, which was the introduction of the second paragraph, followed by the main theme, and then the solo mentioned the main theme.

The piano played a strong and energetic melody, giving people the feeling that the music of this movement really began at this time.

Both the connecting part and the auxiliary part show the contrast between solo violin and band, which is rich in decoration. The brief expansion department is soft and lyrical, and the reproduction department puts the previous theme

Before the end of the movement, it reappeared one by one, and a brilliant violin solo cadenza appeared, which was lively, soft and delicate.

The second movement: Adagio, trilogy.

In this movement, Mozart expressed a delicate and diverse inner experience, reflecting people's enthusiasm and desire for life in this era. The first part of the theme is lyrical.

Euphemism.

The melody of the auxiliary part contrasts with the melody of the main part in intensity. In the expansion part and the reproduction part, several themes are reproduced, and finally a short cadenza appears quietly.

End the second movement.

Third movement: Rondo, minuet speed.

At the beginning of the movement, the violin solo plays the theme, which is an elegant and soft melody and a typical minuet rhythm, which constitutes a scene of court dance.

This theme is sometimes played by bands and sometimes by violins, but every time it appears, there are new decorations, which enrich the development of the theme.

The interlude in the middle is the so-called "Turkish music" popular in18th century. Double beat and allegro speed are one of the exotic examples adopted by Mozart.

The theme of the interlude composed of five melodies with lively rhythm and cheerful mood is Hungarian dance music, which depicts folk life.

At the end of the movement, the theme of violin cadenza and minuet is reproduced, and the light and beautiful melody decorated in Rococo style is presented to the audience.