This thesis consists of three parts : (1) the program notes of the “Solo Recital” written by the researcher, (2) the program notes of the “Performance Recital” written by the researcher and (3) the researcher paper presented by the researcher in the Graduate Student’s Conference.
The program of the solo recital includes : Henry Purcell (1659-1695) “Pausanias” “Sweeter than roses” and “Oedipus, Z. 583” “Music for a while” ; Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) “Clair de lune,” “ Chanson d'amour,” “Mandoline” and “Nell” ; Hugo Wolf (1860-1903) “Der Gartner,” “Er ist's” and “In dem Schatten meiner Locken” ; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Opera “Cosi fan tutte” Aria “È amore un ladroncello” ; Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) “Les Soirées Musicales”“La Promessa,” “La Partenza” and “L'Invito”; Roger Quilter (1877-1953) “Three Songs, Op.3” “Love's Philosophy” and “ Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal” ; Hubert Parry (1848-1918) “English Lyrics” “My Heart is Like a Singing Bird” and “Dream Pedlary” ; Charles Gounod (1818-1893) Opera “Faust” Aria “Faites lui mes aveux” and “Air des Bijoux.”
The program of the performance recital includes : Henry Purcell (1659-1695) “If music be the food of love” ; Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) “Tre Ariette” “No.1 Il fervido desiderio” and “Sei Ariette” “No.1 Malinconia, Ninfa gentile,” “No.5 Per pietà, bell'idol mio” ; Richard Georg Strauss (1864-1949) “All mein Gedanken,” “Allerseelen,” “Nichts” and “Zueignung” ; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Opera “Die Zauberflöte” Aria “Ach, ich fühl's” ; Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) “Ⅵ Original Canzonettas” “The Mermaids Song,” “She Never Told Her Love” and “Pleasing Pains” ; Tyzen Hsiao(1938-) “The Most Beautiful Flower,” “Mother’s Hair,” “Eternal Homeland” and “Food Stand” ; Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) Opera “Rigoletto” Aria “Tutte le feste al tempio.”
The topic of the researcher paper being “Charles Gounod︰The “Marguerite” of “Faust”,provides structural and harmonic analysis of the composition, style and interpretation viewpoints concerning dynamic effects.