代表浪漫派後期國民樂派的重要音樂家暨演奏家之一的帕布洛‧薩拉撒特( Pablo de Sarasate, 1844-1908)，其一生中多以演奏家的身分到歐洲及美洲各地表演，因此接觸到各種不同的社會背景以及多風貌的音樂表現。
談到西班牙音樂，選擇薩拉撒特的西班牙舞曲是一個再好不過的題材。以作曲者而言，因本身即兼具作曲家以及演奏家的身分，故更能以多方面之角度創作音樂；以樂曲而言，薩拉撒特以民謠或舞蹈音樂為基材創作而成的八首西班牙舞曲，的確最能適切的貼近西班牙人文風貌及藝術環境。
本論文將以薩拉撒特當時的社會背景與其生平為開端，舉例當代著名音樂家、樂評家以及音樂教育家對於薩拉撒特演奏的描述，再針對探討之主題《西班牙舞曲》作深入的介紹，概述西班牙舞曲之種類並做分析，切入以個人觀點為出發點之詮釋。由於樂曲中運用到為數不少之拉奏技巧，因此亦將技巧之統整以及練習方法列入探討範疇。期待依循上述之方向，能夠對於作曲家及其作品更加了解。

參考書目

中文專書

洪千富。《小提琴演奏學派之傳承與發展（17~20世紀）》。高雄市：春暉出版社，2004。

黃輔棠。《小提琴教學文集》。台北市：全音樂譜出版社，1990。

陳藍谷。《小提琴演奏之系統理論》。台北市：全音樂譜出版社，1989。

Auer, Leopold 《我的小提琴演奏教學法》( Violin Playing as I Teach It)。司徒華城 譯。台北市：世界文物，1993。

Campbell, Margaret.《不朽的小提琴家》(The great violinists)。張世祥 譯。台北市：世界文物，1998。

Flesch, Carl 《小提琴演奏之藝術》( The Art of Violin Playing)。馮明 譯。台北市：黎明文化，1985。

Raaben, Lev Nikolaevich 《古今傑出小提琴家》。廖叔本 譯。台北市：世界文物，1993。

西文專書

Flesch, Carl. The Memoirs of Carl Flesch. London: Da Capo Press, 1957.

Fisher, Simon. 250 Step- by- Step Practice Methods for the Methods for the Violin. London: Edition Peter, 2004.

Nettl, Bruno. Folk And Traditional Music of the Western Continents. New Jersey: United States of America, 1990.

Nettl, Paul. The Story of Dance Music. New York: Greenwood Press., 1947.

Kinney, Troy and Magret West. The Dance. New York: The United States of America,1936.

Lalagia and Gray, Lyn. Spanish Dancing. London: Dance Books Ltd., 1985.

Plantinga, Leon. Romantic Music. London: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1984.

Storr, Anthony. Music and the Mind . New York, Maxwell Macmillan International, 1992

Stowell, Robin. The Cambridge Companion to the Violin. New York: Cambridge University Press,1992.

期刊

Manuel, Peter.〈From Scarlatti to “Guantanamera”: Dual Tonicity in Spanish and Latin American Musics〉. Journal of the American Musicological Society. Vol.55(No.2). 2002 . p.312-314

Baumann, Max Peter.〈The reflection of the Roma in European art music〉. The World of Misic: Journal of the International Institute for Taditional Music. Vol.38 (No.1)

有聲資料

Bits and pieces: “Jota Navarra” by Sarasate. Performed by Itzhak Perlman( violin) and Samuel Sanders( piano). CD, EMI Classics, 0777 7 54882 2 7 EMI Classics, 1992.

Dances et romances pour violon: Romanza andaluza, op. 22 by Sarasate. Performed by Moshe Hammer and Valerie Tryon( piano). CD, CBS Records, MVCD1071 CBD Records/Les disques SRC, 1994.

Homage to Sarasate: Spanish Dances. Performed by Rache Barton( violin)and Samuel Sanders( piano). CD, Dorian, DOR-90183 Dorian, 1994.

Orientale: Zapateado by Sarasate. Performed by Nathaniel Rosen( cello)and Doris Stevenson. CD, North Star Records, NS 0027 North Star Records, 1991.

Sarasate, Falla, Granados, Halffter, Albeniz recital: Habanera, Playera, Spanish Dance, op. 26, no. 2 by Sarasate. CD, EMI Records, CDM 7635332, 1990.

The acoustic recordings (1902-13): Zapateado, Spanish Dance, op. 26, no. 2 by Sarasate. Performed by Jan Kubelik( violin). CD, Biddulph Recordings, LAB 034, 1990.

樂譜

Sarasate, Pablo de. Spanish dance: Malagueña, for violin with piano accompaniment, op. 21, no.1. Arranged by Miklós Szenthelyi. Hungary: Editio Musica Budapest, 1984.

________. Spanish dance: Habanera, for violin with piano accompaniment, op. 21, no.2. Arranged by Miklós Szenthelyi. Hungary: Editio Musica Budapest, 1984.

_________. Spanish dance: Romanza Andaluza, for violin with piano accompaniment, op. 22, no.1. Arranged by Miklós Szenthelyi. Hungary: Editio Musica Budapest, 1984.

_________. Spanish dance: Jota Navarra, for violin with piano accompaniment, op. 22, no.2. Arranged by Miklós Szenthelyi. Hungary: Editio Musica Budapest, 1984.

_________. Spanish dance: Playera, for violin with piano accompaniment, op. 23, no.1. Arranged by Miklós Szenthelyi. Hungary: Editio Musica Budapest, 1984.

_________. Spanish dance: Zapateado, for violin with piano accompaniment, op. 23, no.2. Arranged by Miklós Szenthelyi. Hungary: Editio Musica Budapest, 1984.

_________. Spanish dance, for violin with piano accompaniment,op. 26, no.1. Arranged by Miklós Szenthelyi. Hungary: Editio Musica Budapest, 1984.

_________. Spanish dance, for violin with piano accompaniment,op. 26, no.2. Arranged by Miklós Szenthelyi. Hungary: Editio Musica Budapest, 1984.