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TRADITIONAL AND MODERN CHINESE ART SONGS Volume II

    TRADITIONAL AND MODERN CHINESE ART SONGS Volume II

    $30.00
      DESCRIPTION

      Containing Two Books in One
      Editing, Translations, IPA Transcriptions and Commentary
      By Mei Zhong
      Twenty-six Traditional and Modern Art Songs, presented in Medium High Voice and Twenty-one in Medium Low Voice (in one volume). The low-voice addition does not include five songs in the high-voice sections. These five songs have vibraphone and cello accompaniments. In addition to the music, this volume contains the English word-for-word translations, IPA transliterations, and commentary by Dr. Mei Zhong. On the music pages, the original Chinese script is under the melody line, and beneath that is the IPA transcription.

      x + 222 Pages Paper Binding Smyth-Sewn
      ISBN 1-876617-77-X

      The twenty-six songs include: Composer:

      MODERN ART SONGS

      SONGS OF DISTANCE Paul SanGregory
      1. Farwell Gift, II
      2. Evening in Xuyi County
      3. Liangzhou Verses
      4. The Jade Terrace
      5. Longxi Verses
      6. Untitled
      7. A Streamside Dwelling
      THREE ALBUM LEAVES Derek Healey
      1. The Ravine
      2. Spring Blossoms
      3. The Hunt
      AUTUMN HEART* Chin-Chin Chen
      1. Die Lian Hua
      2. Die Lian Hua
      3. Die Lian Hua
      4. Die Lian Hua
      5. Die Lian Hua *These five songs are not included in the low-voice section.

      TRADITIONAL ART SONGS

      Longing for Home Huang Zi
      Lovesick in the Spring
      Flower or Not Flower
      Rose's Three Wishes
      Three Tunes of Yang Guan Music Transmitted: Yang Yinliu
      Gexi Meiling Piano Arranged: Wang Zhengya
      I Live by Yang Guan Music Transmitted: Yang Yinliu
      Grand River Gone East
      Autumn Flowers and Butterflies Huang Youdi
      Dawn of Spring Li Yinghai
      Yellow Crane Tower Music: Liu Wenjin
      Piano Arranged: Qiu Xiaoshan

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