沃爾夫是繼舒伯特、舒曼之後，表現出色的德國藝術歌曲作曲家之一，由於對文學涉獵廣泛，其歌詞選材更加廣泛。受華格納的影響在音樂表現上，有更多的戲劇性與對比衝突感，更有其他作曲家少見的幽默趣味性。
本論文從《莫里克歌曲集》與《義大利歌曲集》當中，選取十六首關於幽默的歌曲做分析、研究。研究範圍包括作曲家生平與作曲風格、兩部歌曲集的詩詞創作背景與分析與作曲手法、選曲的曲式分析。綜合文獻資料與筆者分析，提出建議與演唱的詮釋心得。
研究後心得：歌者演唱此類歌曲時，首重歌詞意涵的了解，並留意歌詞輕重音節，如同沃爾夫熟悉朗讀詩詞的流暢感。當歌者熟稔聲樂與鋼琴間曲調的相互關係後，對於演唱氣息的掌握與音高轉換的技巧，會更有方向性。與鋼琴伴奏合作時，樂句的段落和呼吸銜接也要仔細推敲琢磨。

Wolf has been one of the greatest Lied (German art song) composers after Schubert and Schumann. His comprehensive literary erudition contributes to his diverse sources when writing lyrics. Inspired by Richard Wagner, his pieces shed not only more dramatic touch and stark contrast tone, but also more elements of humor and amusement that hardly seen in that of other composers.
This paper aims to analyze and study 16 humorous songs selected from Mörike-Lieder and Italienisches Liederbuch. The research scope not only covers the composer’s whole life and style of music, but also reaches to how he was inspired to write the two song selections and the techniques he applied. The form analysis of the song selections is included in the research. Based on the overall literary data and the ideas presented by the author, the article will render suggestions as well as the afterthoughts after singing and interpreting the songs.
Thoughts after this research: when one sings songs of this kind, it is of great importance to know the meaning of lyrics, and pay attention to both heavy and light syllables, as how Wolf familiarizes rhythms in lines of poems. When a performer knows thoroughly about interrelations between vocal music and piano tunes, he/she will be more certain about breath-adjusting techniques when singing and the skill to shift pitches. When accompanied on piano, a performer shall carefully manage to match each stop of song lines with every breath.

中文書目

席慕德。《沃爾夫歌曲集莫里克詩篇之研究》。台北：世界文物出版社，1997。

廖葵。《德國藝術歌曲之探討》。台北：海豚出版事業有限公司，1979。

Carner, Mosco.《沃爾夫歌曲》(Hugo Wolf Songs)。曉蘭 譯。台北：世界文物出版社，1998。

外文書目

Kimball, Carol. Song : a guide to art song style and literature. Milwaukee, WI : Hal Leonard, 2006, c2005.

Sams, Eric. The songs of Hugo Wolf. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1992.

Walker, Frank. Hugo Wolf-A Biography. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1968.

Youens, Susan. Hugo Wolf – The Vocal Music. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992.

學術論文

陳偉琳。〈六首沃爾夫《莫里克歌曲集》之研究〉。國立中山大學音樂研究所碩士論文，2006。

陳逸芷。〈六首沃爾夫的莫里克歌曲分析〉。國立藝術學院音樂研究所碩士論文，2000。

陳瑋琦。〈幽默理解與感知量表之編製暨影響幽默理解與感知因素的探討〉。輔仁大學心理學系碩士論文，2002。

張瓊妮。〈沃爾夫「四首迷孃之歌」之研究〉。東吳大學碩士論文，2007。

網路資料

Sams, Eric / Youens, Susan. ‘ Wolf, Hugo’ . Grove Music Online. http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/52073pg1#S52073.1( accessed March 19, 2011).

Sams, Eric / Youens, Susan.‘ Wolf, Hugo’. Grove Music Online. http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/52073pg3#S52073.3( accessed August 28, 2010).

Youens, Susan.‘ Wolf, Hugo’, Grove Music Online. http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/52073pg7#S52073.7( accessed August 28, 2010).

節目單

駱惠珠。《德文藝術歌曲之夜─女高音駱惠珠獨唱會》。台北，國家演奏廳，1998。

樂譜

Wolf, Hugo. The Complete Mörike Songs. New York: Dover Publications Press, 1982.

Wolf, Hugo. Spanish and Italian Songbooks. New York: Dover Publications Press, 1989.