Appreciation of the Artistic Techniques in Schubert's The Devil

The Devil is a symbolic work of romantic art songs. It is a masterpiece created by Schubert 18 years old according to the poem of the same name by Goethe, a great German writer, and based on the legend, which combines the romantic "novelty and wonder" feeling in narrative poems. It is the best external expression of Schubert's musical talent in his youth. Through different melodies and tones, music depicts four different roles: narrator, father, child and devil, presenting dramatic plots and distinctive musical images. The combination of lyrics and songs is perfect and the structure is unified, which fully embodies the artistic charm of coherence, contrast, balance and instrumental music. 1. Romantic writing techniques are different from classicism. Schubert's music is completely controlled by the mind, and his wonderful melody is the most successful expression of the mind in history. This paper summarizes the application skills of texture harmony from four aspects: the application of dissonant chords, the application of sustained tone, the technique of tone sandhi and the comparison of tonality, so as to reveal the harmony art of the whole song of Magic Flute to be explored.