Songs and Folk Tunes

Songs of the Shijing and Chu

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Sung settings of the Book of Songs and Chu verse, revived today from old scores and living traditions.

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Work Chants (Haozi)

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Call-and-response chants of boatmen, haulers and porters, their beat rising and falling with the work.

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Yuefu Songs

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Song lyrics of the Han to Six Dynasties music bureau, heard today in chanting and reconstructed performance.

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Mountain Songs (Shan'ge)

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Songs sung out across hills and fields, free and high-voiced, often traded in improvised verse.

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Songs of Tibet and the Northwest Peoples

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Highland songs, drinking songs, love songs and the great Uyghur muqam suites.

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Tang–Song Sung Lyrics

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Tang and Song lyrics sung to their tune patterns, with versions rebuilt today from surviving scores.

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Grand Song of the Dong

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Polyphonic choral songs of Dong village choirs, some imitating cicadas and birds, others telling stories.

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Qin Songs and Chanting

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Poems sung by players to their own qin, together with traditional chanting of classical verse.

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Songs of the Southern Peoples

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Love songs, antiphonal songs and epic ancient songs of southern peoples, sung through festival nights.

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Mongolian and Northern Peoples' Songs

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Mongolian long songs, throat singing and songs of northern hunting and fishing peoples.

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Ditties and Popular Tunes (Xiaodiao)

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Short, lyrical tunes sung in towns and villages, mostly about love, seasons and local life.

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Hua'er

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Mountain songs traded at northwest hua'er fairs by many peoples, their tunes named as ling.

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Chinese Art Song

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Solo songs composed to poems, with piano accompaniment, for the concert stage.

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