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What are Schubert’s five representative songs?

"Winter Journey", "Symphony No. 8 in B minor", "The Beautiful Mill Girl", "Trout", "The Devil".

1. "Winter Journey"

Schubert's "Winter Journey" is the most important continuous suite in German art song literature, with its perfect combination of poetry and music. , the mutual complementation of vocal music and piano, and the balance of musical beauty and depth have all reached a peak. The composer processed the rhythm, melody, texture, and tonality according to the emotions of the original poem. Make it more emotionally appealing.

2. "Symphony No. 8 in B minor"

Symphony No. 8 in B minor "Unfinished" was composed by the Austrian composer Schubert in 1822 when the author was 25 years old, but the score was not discovered until 43 years later, and it was first performed in 1865. Only the first and second movements of this symphony have complete scores. Only nine bars of the third movement have been adapted into orchestral music. The rest of the symphony remains in the form of piano scores.

There is not even a draft for the fourth movement. However, due to the brilliance of the completed movements of this piece, although it is not completed in form, it is actually complete.

3. "The Beautiful Mill Girl"

When Schubert was creating, he gave each character a fixed tone. For example, a small stream is expressed in the key of G major. This stream led him into a whirlpool of love, listened to his whispers, and provided him with the final destination of his life.

When you are in a happy mood, use the key of C major to express the mill, and when you are sad, use the relative minor key of C major, A minor. When describing the happiness of love, it must be in the key of A major, and the appearance of the hunter is in the key of C minor.

4. "Trout"

Trout's work for piano, bass, medium, violin and double bass is divided into five movements, with the fourth movement being the most Famous. In the original song, the author first vividly describes the lovely image of trout swimming happily in the clear stream with a happy mood.

Then the trout was caught by hunters, and the author was deeply dissatisfied. The author uses the narrative method of stanzas to express his infinite sympathy and regret for the fate of Trout, revealing the profound meaning of the lyrics: kindness and simplicity are often harmed by hypocrisy and evil.

5. "The Devil"

A ballade written by Schubert based on Goethe's poem of the same name. Austrian composer Schubert is a famous Romantic composer. He composed more than 600 songs in his life and created a new era in the development of art songs. "The Devil", as his important representative work, has high artistic value.

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