In the nineteenth century, the development of various types of arts had gradually matured in Europe. In Italy, many excellent composers created masterful multifaceted operas, making it one of the most widely enjoyed art forms at that time. For example, the composer introduced in this thesis Giuseppe Verdi combined drama, music, and literature with the composition of traditional Italian music and presented to the world many great and innovative opera masterpieces. In addition, there were also many excellent instrumental musicians who began composing music. They used popular opera fragments as material to re-create and compose instrumental solo pieces: "fantasias." Along with improvements and refinements of musical instruments at that time, the performance technique of such music became more complicated and difficult in order to achieve a more dazzling stage effect. "La Traviata Clarinet Fantasia," which is discussed in this thesis, is a good example.
In addition to introducing the two composers, Lovreglio and Verdi, this thesis also analyzes Lovreglio's "fantasia" by discussing its correlation with Verdi's opera and the development of clarinet fantasias in order to achieve the interpretation of "La Traviata Clarinet Fantasia."
Recital programs:
1.Domenico Cimarosa(1749-1801), Concerto for Clarinet and Strings(arr. A. Benjamin)
2.Gerald Finzi(1901-1956), Five Bagatelles for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 23
3.Robert Schumann(1810-1856), Three Fantasy Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73
4.Edward Gregson(1945-), Tributes
5.Bela Kovacs(1937-2021), Shalom Aleichem, rov Feidman for Clarinet and Piano