布瑞頓舞台作品《教會比喻》三部曲的研究

Study on Stage Works relating the Trilogy of Church Parables by Benjamin Britten

陳威仰(Wei-Yang Chen)

指導教授 ： 顏綠芬

國立臺北藝術大學/音樂學院學術論文/音樂學系博士班/博士(2010年)

https://doi.org/10.6835/TNUA.2010.00098

摘要

布瑞頓（Lord Benjamin Britten, 1913-1976）是英國20世紀傑出的作曲家，他的作品呈現了豐富的英格蘭特質，1945年的歌劇《彼得•葛萊姆》（Peter Grimes）將布瑞頓推上國際樂壇，同時復興了「英格蘭歌劇」（English opera）。布瑞頓1955年的亞洲巡迴演出，從近東地區、東南亞峇里島、香港直到日本，使得作曲家從「認識」的亞洲，經驗到一種超越想像東方的「真實」。本文研究布瑞頓如何具體而微地將東方音樂素材應用在西方音樂形式下，產生新的劇種形式《教會比喻》（Church Parables）三部曲之《鷸河》（Curlew River, 1964）、《烈焰燃燒的火爐》（The Burning Fiery Furnace, 1966）以及《回頭浪子》（The Prodigal Son, 1968）。布瑞頓使用西方樂器模仿東方的配器聲響，以支聲複音、自由節奏與分句結構表現日本能樂、峇里島甘美朗音樂的風格，並應用西方聖詩做為神聖象徵。本論文進一步應用依利亞德的聖俗二元理論，從女性神學的聖愛、面具的神聖性、孩童的宗教意涵、聖顯的時間與空間等觀點探討作品的宗教內涵。布瑞頓透過三部曲呈現東方的宗教哲學與西方的神學觀點，以日本能劇形式融合基督教的精神，使得作品整體的宗教脈絡從日本禪宗、猶太神學到基督教神學，反映不同文化間彼此交互影響的過程。

關鍵字

布瑞頓 ； 英格蘭特質 ； 教會比喻 ； 鷸河 ； 烈焰燃燒的火爐 ； 回頭浪子

並列摘要

Britten has been widely acclaimed as one of the most outstanding English composers of the 20th century. His ways of composition of music are abundantly characteristic of English. His Peter Grime (1945) put him on the map of the classical music worldwide, and it also brought the English opera back to life. Britten’s 1955 Asian tour, starting from Near East, Southeastern Bali, and Hong Kong to Japan, enabled him to experience an Oriental “reality” beyond his imagination, which could later be seen in his operas, ballets, and vocal music. This dissertation discusses how the Oriental elements in Britten’s works are applied in the form of Western musicology in an elaborate way. It further discusses how the contents of the above-mentioned works convey Oriental religion/philosophy and Western theology. Take for instance the trilogy Curlew River (1964), The Burning Fiery Furnace (1966) and The Prodigal Son (1968) in his novel genre Church Parables. In addition to the integration of the Japanese Noh play and Christian spirits, Britten also makes use of Western orchestration in order to create the Balinese gamelan style. In this series of his works, Britten demonstrates his curiosity and fantasy about the romantically exotic and mythical elements of the Orient. The works as a whole, from the vantage points of the Japanese Zen Buddhism, Jewish theology, and Christian theology, offer a clear reflection on the processes of interactions among different cultures.

並列關鍵字

Britten ； Englishness ； church parables ； Curlew River ； The Burning Fiery Furnace ； The Prodigal Son

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