MUZI · STAGE · Chinese Instrumental Music

Cantonese Music

Silk-and-bamboo ensemble music of the Pearl River Delta, led by gaohu, yangqin and qinqin

7works

Piece · 1916 (Qiu Hechou's Xiange Bidu; some say 1917)Rain Beating on Banana LeavesFirst printed in Qiu Hechou's Xiange Bidu of 1916, where it is listed among the old tunes.Guangdong folk musiciansSE10039Piece · 1916 (Qiu Hechou's Xiange Bidu; some say 1917)Thunder in DroughtYan Laolie's yangqin reworking of Sanji Lang, the second tune of the old suite Sanbao Fo.Yan LaolieSE10040Piece · 1930 (New Moon recording; composed in the late 1920s)Autumn Moon over the Calm LakeWritten by Lü Wencheng after a visit to West Lake and recorded in Shanghai by 1930.Lu WenchengSE10043Piece · 1931 (Gelin recording)Lovers' SorrowRecorded on the Gelin label by 1931; it opens in the plaintive yifan mode and ends in a fast liushui section.Guangdong folk musiciansSE10041Piece · 1938 (printed in the Qinxian Yuepu)Stepping Higher and HigherLü Wencheng's gaohu classic, whose score appeared in the Qinxian Yuepu in 1938.Lu WenchengSE10042Piece · Date unknown (composer died 1942)Merriment in a Time of PeaceA signature piece by the Taishan musician Qiu Hechou, known for its brevity and buoyant mood.Qiu HechouSE10044Piece · Date unknown (He Liutang died 1933)Dragon Boat RaceDrafted by He Bozhong and revised four times by his grandson He Liutang into a dragon-boat race piece.He Liutang · He BozhongSE10045