Julius Rietz(1812-1877)is a German composer, conductor and cellist in 19th century. He is also a great editor of music school, who had edited a large number of musician’s works, and left lots of music score for posterity with great values. Rietz’s music was influenced by Mendelssohn. He kept the tone of the aesthetic of classical period, but also added the innovative elements of romanticism music into it. Rietz does not have much works, but varieties of genres. His works include operas, dramas, overtures, symphonies and concertos.
The oboe concert piece was composed in 1856; it is the only one of Rietz’s four solo concertos, which named Konzertstück(concert piece). It is a one-movement work, which divided into three parts and without intermissions. Rietz’s music lacks of virtuosity of performing techniques but combines the features of classical and romanticism, creating the beautiful music lines and moving sounds. The 19th century is a crossover generation for classical and romanticism, and therefore it induced many different theories of performing interpretation. This article is at first to understand the composer's life and music styles in 19th, and presents analyzes of the structure on this work. According to mentions ideas, the author explores the interpretation of this work. There are five chapters in this thesis. Chapter one is introduction; chapter two is a study for Rietz’s life, his compositional style and characteristics; chapter three is the analysis of this work; chapter four is an interpretation of the performance of this work which based on previous chapters; chapter five is the conclusion.