Chinese Instrumental Music · ST10512

Jiangnan Sizhu

Silk-and-bamboo ensemble classics like Song of Joy and Zhonghua Liuban, from the Eight Great Pieces.

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Piece · 1860 (Sihe in the Xianxu Youyin manuscript)Sihe RuyiIts forerunner Sihe appears in an 1860 pipa manuscript; later players dropped the gongs and drums.Jiangnan folk sizhu musiciansSE10035Piece · 1895 (printed in Li Fangyuan's pipa collection)SanliuA Qing-era prelude to Suzhou tanhuang singing, printed in 1895 under the borrowed title Meihua Sannong.Jiangnan folk sizhu musiciansSE10034Piece · 1895 (printed by Li Fangyuan as the Warm Breeze Tune of Emperor Shun)Zhonghua LiubanThe most important elaboration of the old tune Lao Liuban, also known as the Warm Breeze Tune.Jiangnan folk sizhu musiciansSE10038Piece · 1919 (printed in Zhou Shiseng's Guosheng Ji)XingjieA tune for playing on the move; its original score was printed in the 1919 Guosheng Ji.Jiangnan folk sizhu musiciansSE10036Piece · 1919 (printed in Zhou Shiseng's Guosheng Ji)YunqingGrew out of one section of the percussion suite Luogu Sihe; printed in the 1919 Guosheng Ji.Jiangnan folk sizhu musiciansSE10037Piece · Traditional; date unknownOrnamented Three-SixOne of the Eight Great Pieces of Jiangnan sizhu, made by slowing and ornamenting San LiuFolk silk-and-bamboo musicians of JiangnanSE10031Piece · Traditional; date unknownSong of JoyOne of the Eight Great Pieces of Jiangnan sizhu, moving from a slow opening to a lively closeLu ChunlingSE10032Piece · Traditional; date unknownSlow Six BeatsOne of the Eight Great Pieces of Jiangnan sizhu, grown from Lao Liu Ban by slowing and ornamentingLu ChunlingSE10033