管絃樂曲《天燈˙母親》及其創作理念

Abstract

本論文包括兩個部分：第一部分為管絃樂曲《天燈˙母親》，第二部分為說明此曲之創作理念、美學基礎、寫作方法等的文字陳述。

《天燈˙母親》是一首四個樂章的管絃樂曲，曲名來自於鄭清文所著作的同名小說。全曲便是根據書中的情節，輔以浪漫時期標題音樂及當代電影配樂等作曲技法的運用，所開展出來的音樂創作。

文字陳述將分為六個部分：前言交代了此曲的創作動機；第一章針對各種具指涉性意義的音樂進行分類及比較；第二章則探討劇情音樂的各類寫作手法；第三章試圖對聆聽者欣賞此類音樂時的角度進行論述；第四章將對作品《天燈˙母親》進行創作過程的解析；結語則是對於本論文之總結。

There are two sections in the thesis. The first one is the score of "Heavenly Lantern, Mother", which is named after a novel by Cheng Ch'ing-Wen. The creation of "Heavenly Lantern, Mother" is inspired by the plot of the novel, and the music adopts compositional techniques such as those that were commonly practiced by programmatic music from Romantic Age and also the movie’s scores from the 20th century. The second section of the thesis is the detailed description of the music, including composing motivation, process, techniques, and the perspective of music appreciation.