Chinese Instrumental Music · ST10515

Chaozhou Music

String-poem and gong-drum classics of Chaozhou, such as Two Geese Biting and Little Peach Blossom.

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Suite · Date unknownTwo Geese PeckingA long-form suite of Chaozhou suona-and-big-drum music that draws on village life.Chaoshan folk gong-and-drum musiciansSE10046Piece · Date unknownLittle Peach RedA traditional Chaozhou tune heard in string ensembles, in the three-instrument xiyue and in su gong-and-drum bands.Chaoshan folk string musiciansSE10047Piece · 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 musiciansSE10016