布瑞頓是二十世紀重要的英國作曲家，他一生共創作了十二部連篇歌曲集，其中有些作品是寫給獨唱和鋼琴，有些則是管絃樂器的組合，是繼馬勒之後創作連篇歌曲集數量最多的作曲家。《在這島上》是他早期的連篇歌曲集，在這部作品中可以看到布瑞頓受到巴洛克時期創作手法的影響，融合當代的作曲技巧，呈現出新古典主義的曲風。
本文主要包含四個部分來論述：布瑞頓的生平概略、布瑞頓的獨唱曲之風格與特色、《在這島上》的創作過程，以及《在這島上》的樂曲內涵分析。《在這島上》是布瑞頓第一部為獨唱和鋼琴所創作的連篇歌曲集，也由於這部作品的成功，奠定了他日後在連篇歌曲集上的成就，成為二十世紀連篇歌曲集中最重要的音樂家之一。

Benjamin Britten was one of the major twentieth-Century composers in England, wrote twelve song cycles for voice and piano or various instruments, and the most prolific composer of the genre since Gustav Mahler. On this Island written during his early period, Britten employs various Baroque musical traits and the modern music techniques, which shows his influence on the neoclassical style.
The study of the lecture recital document contains four main sections: the life of the composer, the stylistic features of Britten’s song compositions, the written background of the cycle, and detailed analysis of the whole cycle. On This Island was Britten’s first song cycle written for solo voice and piano. The success of premiere of the cycle brought him as one of the most important composer of this genre in the history of the twentieth-century music.

前言………………………………………………………1

布瑞頓生平略傳…………………………………………3

獨唱曲風格與特色………………………………………6

《在這島上》創作過程…………………………………9

《在這島上》樂曲分析…………………………………13

結語………………………………………………………34

附錄：中文譯詞…………………………………………36

參考書目…………………………………………………40

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