3 Wishes from a Rose
16 Selected Chinese Art Songs – Urtext
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vocal text: 中国語- first Urtext edition of 16 of the most famous Chinese art songs
- edited by Liao Changyong and Hartmut Höll
- phonetic translation in the musical text included
- comprehensive text part in three languages (Chin/Ger/Eng) with complete English translation of the used poems
- facsimile pages
Description
Poetry from a thousand years – First time in Urtext
The legacy of Chinese poetry includes thousands of songs and poems spanning over more than three millennia. Gustav Mahler himself was inspired by seven of these poems for his Lied von der Erde. The 16 Selected Chinese Art Songs presented here are shaped in structure and musical grammar by the famous European Lied compositions and yet the Chinese idiom is unmistakable. The songs represent poetry from a thousand years, set into music by composers of the 20th century.
EB 9398
EAN: 9790004188729
80 pages / 23 x 30.5 cm / 313 g / softbound
EB 9398D
EAN: 9790004815113
77 pages / 23 x 30.5 cm / digital edition
Description
Description
Poetry from a thousand years – First time in Urtext
The legacy of Chinese poetry includes thousands of songs and poems spanning over more than three millennia. Gustav Mahler himself was inspired by seven of these poems for his Lied von der Erde. The 16 Selected Chinese Art Songs presented here are shaped in structure and musical grammar by the famous European Lied compositions and yet the Chinese idiom is unmistakable. The songs represent poetry from a thousand years, set into music by composers of the 20th century.
Table of contents
| 1. | The Great River | ???? | (Su Shi) |
| 2. | The End of Yangtze River | ????? | (Li Zhiyi) |
| 3. | Three Wishes From a Rose | ???? | (Long Yusheng) |
| 4. | Spring Nostalgia | ??? | (Wei Hanzhang) |
| 5. | Winter Plum Blossom | ???? | (Liu Xue’an) |
| 6. | Ascending the Tower | ???·??? | (Wang Zhuo) |
| 7. | Red Love Beans | ??? | (Cao Xueqin) |
| 8. | Whither Spring | ???? | (Huang Tingjian) |
| 9. | Farewell | ???? | |
| 10. | Maple Bridge | ???? | (Zhang Ji) |
| 11. | Song of the Moon | ????·????? | (Su Shi) |
| 12. | Ode to the Orchid | ??? | (Han Yu) |
| 13. | Home Nostalgia | ??·??? | (Fan Zeng) |
| 14. | Moon over Mount Heng | ???·??? | (Fan Zeng) |
| 15. | Moonlight Chamber | ???? | (Li Qingshao) |
| 16. | Phoenix Hairpin | ??? | (Lu You) |
