本論文以浪漫樂派費德列克.蕭邦(Frédéric Chopin, 1810-1849) 的四首鋼琴《即興曲》(Four Impromptus)為研究主題，共分為三 章進行研究。
第一章為緒論，主要說明筆者的研究動機與目的、研究範圍與 方法。
第二章為蕭邦四首《即興曲》之樂曲分析與演奏詮釋，首先簡 述鋼琴即興曲之源流後，再逐一探討四首《即興曲》的創作手法及 曲式分析，進而探討這四首《即興曲》的演奏詮釋與彈奏方法。
第三章為結論，筆者將創作背景、風格特色、樂曲分析與演奏 詮釋的研究心得，綜合以上針對蕭邦四首《即興曲》之樂曲整理歸 納後，為本論文作總結。
This thesis focuses on the four Impromptus of the Romantic composer Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849).
The first chapter coveys the motivation, objective, scope, and methods of this study.
The second chapter which is the main body of this thesis introduces the development of the genre "Impromptu" in the first section, confers features and characteristics of Chopin’s four Impromptus in the second section. Analysis is conducted and certain interpretative suggestions are provided based on the discussions in the analysis.
The third chapter sums up the discussions of the preceding chapters with author’s conclusion with a commentary of integrated researches.
