MUZI · STAGE · Chinese Instrumental Music

Guzheng

A long plucked zither rooted in the music of Qin, played in regional schools north and south

5works

Piece · 1930s (Lou Shuhua's version; some date it to 1938-1939)Fishing Boats Singing at DuskLou Shuhua's guzheng piece of the 1930s, named after a line in Wang Bo's Preface to the Prince of Teng's Pavilion.Lou ShuhuaSE10052Piece · 1965Fighting the TyphoonWang Changyuan's 1965 guzheng solo depicting Shanghai dockworkers battling a typhoonWang ChangyuanSE10060Piece · Date unknownJackdaws Playing in the WaterOne of the ten great suites of Chaozhou string music, so popular that it is jokingly called Chaozhou's own anthem.Traditional, Chaozhou folk musiciansSE10016Piece · Date unknownLotus Emerging from the WaterA traditional Hakka zheng piece that takes the lotus, unstained by the mud it grows in, as its image.Traditional, Guangdong Han music playersSE10017Piece · Date unknown; in print by 1929Autumn Moon over the Han PalaceA Chongming-school pipa classic that Liu Tianhua transcribed for erhu from a gaohu record in 1929.Liu TianhuaSE10015