An Die Musik
An Die Musik' is one of Franz Schubert's famous lieds composed on March, 1817 for solo voice and piano. The text used in this piece is derived from a poem by his friend Franz Von Schober. 'An die Musik', which means, "To Music", is one of Schubert's most familiar and best-loved songs during that specific time period. Schober and Schubert were two very close friends and Schober was in love with his music. Schubert wanted to dedicate this piece to him by using one of Schober's poem. Its popularity is generally dedicated to its harmonic simplicity, sweeping melody, and a strong bass line that effectively supports the vocal line.
The key of this piece is in a major key, that being D Major to suit the theme of love in this piece. Composed for piano and solo voice, the piano is mainly playing chords on its right hand and a soothing counter melody on the left that suits the vocal melody. As well as most of Schubert's lieder songs, the texture for mostly all of them is thick and in this case being homo phonic. The time signature of this piece is 2/2 with the tempo marking being 'Etwas Bewegt' meaning to tell the musician to perform a certain passage, ' somewhat agitated '. The dynamic markings at the start of the piece is pianissimo (pp), however most singers who perform this piece take the text into consideration and tends to expresses its on emotions improvising the intended mood that is trying to be conveyed. The soothing chords in the right hand of the piano played with quavers, keeps the driving rhythm of the piece also accompanying the vocalist in the way of expressing the mood that is suppose to be intended. The pitch of this piece varies, depending on what's being said in the text, however most of it is sung in the middle register.
The left hand of the piano copies the vocals pitch, and is conveyed through similar motion. The tone produced by the singer is conveyed within the pitch as well as it also depends on the text being said. The higher the register being sung, the more tone the vocalists produces through the expression intended. The structure of this piece is very interesting as it is set out in phrases. From bar 3 when the vocalists starts, it has a four bar melody until it has a rest moving on to the next phrase in bar 7 where it repeats the same motif. However in bar 11, the phrasing of the piece changes and this creates a new section of the structure, simply allowing it to be binary form (AABB). The simplicity of the chords composed in the piano is very interesting as it provides the feel of a sweeping bass line. The right hand of the piano tends to play dominant,, first and second inverted chords that keep the simplicity of the bass line that underpins the vocal line. At some points the left hand of the piano goes chromatic at some occasions, effectively creating the nice and passionate mood the piece is trying to convey. At bar 14 of the piano part, there is a crescendo and when that occurs all three parts ascend.
An Die Musik' is one of Franz Schubert's famous lieds composed on March, 1817 for solo voice and piano. The text used in this piece is derived from a poem by his friend Franz Von Schober. 'An die Musik', which means, "To Music", is one of Schubert's most familiar and best-loved songs during that specific time period. Schober and Schubert were two very close friends and Schober was in love with his music. Schubert wanted to dedicate this piece to him by using one of Schober's poem. Its popularity is generally dedicated to its harmonic simplicity, sweeping melody, and a strong bass line that effectively supports the vocal line.
The key of this piece is in a major key, that being D Major to suit the theme of love in this piece. Composed for piano and solo voice, the piano is mainly playing chords on its right hand and a soothing counter melody on the left that suits the vocal melody. As well as most of Schubert's lieder songs, the texture for mostly all of them is thick and in this case being homo phonic. The time signature of this piece is 2/2 with the tempo marking being 'Etwas Bewegt' meaning to tell the musician to perform a certain passage, ' somewhat agitated '. The dynamic markings at the start of the piece is pianissimo (pp), however most singers who perform this piece take the text into consideration and tends to expresses its on emotions improvising the intended mood that is trying to be conveyed. The soothing chords in the right hand of the piano played with quavers, keeps the driving rhythm of the piece also accompanying the vocalist in the way of expressing the mood that is suppose to be intended. The pitch of this piece varies, depending on what's being said in the text, however most of it is sung in the middle register.
The left hand of the piano copies the vocals pitch, and is conveyed through similar motion. The tone produced by the singer is conveyed within the pitch as well as it also depends on the text being said. The higher the register being sung, the more tone the vocalists produces through the expression intended. The structure of this piece is very interesting as it is set out in phrases. From bar 3 when the vocalists starts, it has a four bar melody until it has a rest moving on to the next phrase in bar 7 where it repeats the same motif. However in bar 11, the phrasing of the piece changes and this creates a new section of the structure, simply allowing it to be binary form (AABB). The simplicity of the chords composed in the piano is very interesting as it provides the feel of a sweeping bass line. The right hand of the piano tends to play dominant,, first and second inverted chords that keep the simplicity of the bass line that underpins the vocal line. At some points the left hand of the piano goes chromatic at some occasions, effectively creating the nice and passionate mood the piece is trying to convey. At bar 14 of the piano part, there is a crescendo and when that occurs all three parts ascend.