From Humanistic Interpretation to Intelligent Teaching: Influencing Factors, Structural Features, and Educational Implications of Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons

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10.2991/978-2-38476-593-5_66How to use a DOI?

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Tchaikovsky; The Seasons; Russian Folk Music; Piano Teaching; Smart Education

Abstract

To align with the conference theme of “Humanities, Smart Education, and Service Management,” this paper discusses the core content of Tchaikovsky's piano suite The Seasons. Using the interaction between the 19th-century Russian socio-cultural context, national musical consciousness, and Western professional training as a thread, the paper systematically discusses the formation mechanism of Tchaikovsky’s compositional philosophy. By examining the overall structure, form, tonality and harmony, thematic development, and piano performance techniques of The Seasons, the paper reveals how the work establishes a unified musical narrative between Russian life scenes, seasonal experiences, and Romantic lyrical expression. The study argues that The Seasons is not merely a collection of lyrical miniatures, but a mature piano suite that integrates Russian national cultural imagery, European classical formal order, and Romantic emotional expression. Most of the twelve pieces are based on the principles of simple or compound ternary parts, while enhancing structural coherence and aesthetic layers through modulation, sequence, thematic transformation, textural contrast, and major-minor key shifts. This paper translates teaching and performance conclusions into practical approaches for smart music education, proposing a digital teaching path centered on a three-pronged approach of “technology-culture-context,” providing a reference for the understanding, interpretation, and cultivation of humanistic qualities in piano teaching.

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AU  - Yuantao Li
AU  - Pramote Phokha
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/06/30
TI  - From Humanistic Interpretation to Intelligent Teaching: Influencing Factors, Structural Features, and Educational Implications of Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons
BT  - Proceedings of the 2026 5th International Conference on Humanities, Wisdom Education and Service Management (HWESM 2026)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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