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Bob Chilcott : Mo Li Hua (Jasmine Flower) Mo li hua (Jasmine) is a tri-language publication suitable for Chinese - or English-speaking choirs. A collection of arrangements of five well-known traditional Chinese songs depicting the simplicity and beauty of everyday life, it includes simplified and traditional Chinese scripts, as well as English singing translations. A Pinyin version of the Chinese - for non-Chinese reading choirs - will be available from the OUP website.The songs-drawn from across China-are arranged sympathetically and in Chilcott's original style, suggesting a musical fusion of East and West. The song 'Mo li hua' was written for The Bach Choir and David Hill, who gave its premiere while on tour in China in April 2014. Songlist: My Flower, Shepherd's Song, Sun is Out, In Sichuan, Mo Li Hua 
Chen Yi : Three Sets of Chinese Folk Songs Chinese Folk Songs is the result of collaboration between two of Theodore Presser Company's most prolific composers. It was commissioned and premiered by the Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club, March 16, 2008 in Beijing, China. Chen Yi sets the love song "The Flowing Stream" for women's chorus, and Steven Stucky sets the work song "The Sun Is Rising with Our Joy" for men's chorus. In the final section, both songs are interwoven and overlapped with full mixed chorus. For advanced choirs. Songlist: A Set Of Chinese Folk Songs (Volume 3), A Set Of Chinese Folk Songs (Volume 2), A Set Of Chinese Folk Songs (Volume 1)
Chen Yi : Chinese Songs for Treble Voices As a Distinguished Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, a prolific composer and recipient of the prestigious Charles Ives Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Chen Yi blends Chinese and Western traditions, transcending cultural and musical boundaries. This is a collection of her works for unaccompanied treble voices including Chinese Mountain Songs commission for Kitka by commissioning grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Rockefeller Foundation. Songlist: Chinese Mountain Songs, Looking at the Sea, With Flowers Blooming, When Will the Scholartree Blossom?, A Ma Lei A Ho, Gathering in the Naked Oats, Mt' Wuzhi, Ga Da Mei Lin
Chen Yi : Choral Works As a Distinguished Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, a prolific composer and recipient of the prestigious Charles Ives Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Chen Yi blends Chinese and Western traditions, transcending cultural and musical boundaries. These are a collection of her works for unaccompanied mixed voices. Songlist: Distance Can't Keep Us Two Apart, Spring Rain, The Bronze Taotie, Shady Grove, The West Lake
Chen Yi : Folk Songs from the Orient As a Distinguished Professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, a prolific composer and recipient of the prestigious Charles Ives Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Chen Yi blends Chinese and Western traditions, transcending cultural and musical boundaries. Songlist: Sakura, Sakura, Arirang, Xuan, Written on a Rainy Night (Tang poem), Landscape, Know You How Many Petals Falling?
Chen Yi : Four Chinese Folk Songs Commissioned by and dedicated to the Singapore Youth Choir, under the direction of Jennifer Tham, who premiered the works in July 2004 for their 40th anniversary celebration. Chen's unique musical language brings ancient texts and melodies into the current day; the resulting blending is still indicative of both realms. For better concert choirs looking for a diverse yet challenging program. Songlist: A Single Bamboo Can Easily Bend, A Horseherd's Mountain Song, The Flowing Stream, The Sun Is Rising With Our Joy, Two Chinese Folk Songs
Douglas J. Cuomo : Fortune Based on an ancient Taoist fable about a small village farmer whose fortune continually changes through a chain of interconnected events. Singers are divided into two character groups - the narrator and the villagers - and a soloist sings the role of the farmer. The moral of the story: You never know, keep on going. All is not as it first appears.
John Winzenburg : Half Moon Rising Half Moon Rising, compiled and edited by John Winzenburg, offers a broad range of choirs an informed introduction to performing Chinese choral music. The collection includes a representative and contrasting selection of works from the past century - folksong arrangements; pieces mixing traditional Chinese and Western Romantic styles; and contemporary settings of ancient poetry. Includes a broad range of styles and dialects, illustrating the region's rich diversity, all presented with the transliterated original text with poetic English translations below the staves and introductions containing information on the composers/arrangers; performance notes; and literal English translations. Songlist: Ba Jun Zan | Magnificent Horses, Diu Diu Dang Ah | Old Train Song, Dui Hua | Antiphonal Flower Song, Gai Tau Hong Mei | Street Calls, Ge Lao Huan Ge | Happy Song of the Gelao, Hong Dou Ci | Red Bean Poem, Ken Chun Ni | Cultivating Spring Soil, Kuai Le De Ju Hui | Happy ReunionLok Sui Tien | Rainy Days, Mo Li Hua | Jasmine Flower, Mu Ge | Shepherd's Song, Pao Ma Liu Liu Di Shan Shang | Horses Run on the Mountain, Qing Chun Wu Qu | Dance of Youth, Ru Meng Ling | Like a Dream, Seui Diu Go Tau | Under the Mid-Autumn Moon, Shui Guang Lian Yan | Ripples Glisten Away, Shui Xian Hua | Narcissus Flower, Tin O O | Dark Clouds, Xiao He Tang Shui | Flowing Creek, Xiao Huang Li Niao | Little Oriole, Yang Guan San Die | Parting at Yangguan Pass, Yi Wang | To Forget
King's Singers : Five Chinese Folksongs The popularity of Chinese folk music makes this King's Singers collection especially useful by choirs worldwide. Includes English translations and pronunciation helps. Songlist: Diu Diu Tang (Drip, Drip, Plop), Hsiao Cheng Ku Shih (Small Town Story), Mo Li Hua (Jasmine Flower), Tien Kung Lok Sui (Rain Is Falling From the Sky), Zai Na Yao Yuan De Di Dang (In The Distant Place)
Various Arrangers : Chinese Folksongs Unusual and charming but not unduly difficult, this fun arrangement by honored Canadian choral master Jon Washburn can be sung in either transliterated Chinese or in English. Includes 'Kang Ding Love Song' and 'Looking for Plum Blossoms in the Snow.' "Hsiao Cheng Ku Shih" and "Diu Diu Tang" are skillfully interwoven in this unique setting for Philip Lawson of the King's Singers. "Mo Li Hua" - Numerous composers have been drawn to the haunting melody of the popular Chinese folk song Jasmine Flower. This setting seeks to restore the tune to a more authentic stylistic palette with a few Western elements. For mixed voices, soprano solo, flute and optional plucked instrument, includes translation and transliteration. Songlist: Chinese Melodies - Two Songs on Love and Nature, Two Chinese Folksongs, Diu Diu Tang, Mo Li Hua, Hsiao Cheng Ku Shih
Zhou Long : Words of the Sun This is a poignant evocation of morning, opening and closing with a delicate, folk-like melody in the solo part supported by hums and vocalizing. A central episode is more urgent and uses dance rhythms. Despite the divisi in all parts the pieces is surprisingly easy to prepare, making it accessible to school choirs.
Zhou Long : Four Seasons Zhou Long (b. July 8, 1953, Beijing) is internationally recognized for creating a unique body of music that brings together the aesthetic concepts and musical elements of East and West. Deeply grounded in the entire spectrum of his Chinese heritage, including folk, philosophical, and spiritual ideals, he is a pioneer in transferring the idiomatic sounds and techniques of ancient Chinese musical traditions to modern Western instruments and ensembles. This is a collection of traditional Chinese folk songs selected to reflect the four seasons that will add a nice touch of the orient to your repertoire. Songlist: Spring - River Scenes on a Spring Evening, Summer - The True Face of Mount Lu, Autumn - Moon Song at Mount Emei, Winter - Snowy River
Zhou Long : Two Poems from the Book of Songs The text from this work is selected from The Book of Songs, China's earliest anthology of poetry consisting of 305 songs popular between the 11th and 6tth centuries B.C. More than half of them are folk songs from various parts of the country, while the rest are ceremonial or festive songs sung at court or at banquets and hymns used during sacrifices to the gods or one's ancestors. Most of the poems are written in a simple and natural style to times and have been highly appreciated throughout the ages and have exerted a profound influence on the development of Chinese literature. The composer has chosen an English translation of the two poems so that this oldest of China's literary classics may be better understood. The musical style is not restricted to the traditional folk song form in pentatonic scale: freer melodic expression is achieved through atonal means and the style of a rustic song is retained. "The Peach Tree" (Tao Yao) is concerned with the popular marriage customs, where woman are considered the possession of men. "Gathering Plantain" (Fou Yi) is a work song sung by women as they gather plantain grass. Songlist: The Peach Tree (Tao Yao), Gathering Plantain (Fou Yi) |
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Commissioned by and dedicated to the Singapore Youth Choir, under the direction of Jennifer Tham, who premiered the works in July 2004 for their 40th anniversary celebration. Chen's unique musical lan guage brings ancient texts and melodies into the current day; the resulting blending is still indicative of both realms. For better concert choirs looking for a diverse yet challenging program.
Arranger: Chen Yi | Country: China
The first of three volumes of folk songs collected from the provinces of China. It can be performed a cappella or with piano accompaniment.
Arranger: Chen Li | Country: China
The second of three volumes of folksongs collectedfrom the provinces of China. It can be performed a cappella or with piano accompaniment.
Arranger: Chen Li | Country: China
The third of three volumes of folksongs collected from the provinces of China. It can be performed a cappella or with piano accompaniment.
Arranger: Chen Li | Country: China
Commissioned by and dedicated to the Singapore Youth Choir, under the direction of Jennifer Tham, who premiered the works in July 2004 for their 40th anniversary celebration. Chen's unique musical language brings ancient texts and melodies into the current day; the resulting blending is still indicative of both realms. For better concert choirs looking for a diverse yet challenging program.
Arranger: Chen Yi | Country: China
This beautiful piece uses the classic text from Numbers and is excerpted from the closing section from a three-movement work for choir and chamber orchestra entitled Touch. Based on the paintings of Chinese artist He Qi it will be a wonderful benediction for high school and up.
Composer: Allan Robert Petker | Country: China
This ancient Chinese pentatonic tune, beautifully arranged here with piano and cello accompaniment, will add a special charm to a concert. It is to be sung in Chinese--a language truly beautiful to sing--and to assist in learning, there is in-score pronunciation help. The extended instrumental introduction invites the addition of a Chinese dancer.
Arranger: Cameron LaBarr | Country: China
This work is scored for a professional children's choir, or a women's chorus, guiro(s) and harp and is based on a folk song from northern Shaanxi Province in China. The music is a simple rhythmic towing song sung by boat-trackers along the river and is noted for its vivid reflection of the tempestuous turbulence of the river.
Arranger: Francisco Núñez | Country: China
The whimsical sentiment of an ancient Chinese poem inspired this spirited piece. "I asked the bright Moon, To bring me my Shadow and make us three." With melodic interest in all parts, this work will be a joy to sing.
Arranger: Robyn Lana | Country: China
Unusual and charming but not unduly difficult, this fun arrangement by honored Canadian choral master Jon Washburn can be sung in either transliterated Chinese or in English. Includes 'Kang Ding Love Song' and 'Looking for Plum Blossoms in the Snow.'
Arranger: Jon Washburn | Country: China
This first work in the choral series Songs of the World (edited by Andre de Quadros) is by Leong Yoon Pin, one of Singapore's most-known composers. It is a spectacular rhythmic dance filled with percussive vigor. Overall, this piece is rather advanced but well worth the effort. Difficulty Level: Medium Advanced Adult.
Composer: Leong Yoon Pin | Country: China
Framed by the bucolic scenery from an Asian hillside, this traditional Chinese song describes the peaceful beauty of the region. This accesible setting programs easily into concert programs. The poem is notated in phonetic Chinese with English translation of the text.
Arranger: Rollo Fisher | Country: China
Floating Moon on the Water uses a beautiful text in Taiwanese by Wei-Pin Chen. Using western tonality blended with Taiwanese elements, the melody begins with a touch of sadness and is followed by flowing sounds of pictures on the water. A gorgeous work in a unique language. Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series.
Arranger: Wei-Pin Chen Performed By: Taipei Chamber Singers | Country: China
Suite contains: 1. The Dawn of Spring, 2. Summer Day in the Garden, 3. Autumn Night Song, 4. Snow on the River. The four pieces relate directly to the four seasons. All are build on Chinese music models with vocal sounds imitating Chinese instruments.
Composer: Francis Baxter | Country: China
A Japanese haiku from the 19th century shapes the atmosphere of this graceful setting with gentle call and response vocal lines and an expressive accompaniment for piano or optional bass, percussion and violin (or other melody instrument). In English translation: In the stillness, fireflies are glowing over deep water. Available separately SATB, 3-Part Mixed and 2-Part. Duration: ca. 3:15.
Composer: Audrey Snyder | Country: China
With likely origins in the southern China provinces, the soothing pentatonic melody of this traditional folk song is reminiscent of the simple beauty of a white jasmine blossom. This lovely choral setting, layered with independent voice lines, is effective with the shimmering piano accompaniment or the optional string orchestra parts.
Arranger: Douglas Wagner | Country: China
Commissioned by Harold Rosenbaum and The New York Virtuoso Singers to celebrate their 25th anniversary season, Chen Yi has picked a traditional Chinese poem full of optimism and collaborative spirit to wish the choir many happy returns. The choral writing juxtaposes poetic lines in English with Chinese nonsense syllables. Dur.: 3'
Composer: Chen Yi | Country: China
Numerous composers have been drawn to the haunting melody of the popular Chinese folk song Jasmine Flower. This setting seeks to restore the tune to a more authentic stylistic palette with a few Western elements. For mixed voices, soprano solo, flute and optional plucked instrument, includes translation and transliteration. Duration: ca. 3:00.
Arranger: Wayland Rogers | Country: China
Elegant and simple, this traditional Chinese folk song about the Jasmine flower has been arranged by Jill Gallina. A graceful flute part floats delicately above the piano accompaniment. A translation and pronunciation guide is included within the choral. Mò Li Hua is a strong multicultural selection for programs and festivals.
Arranger: Jill Gallina | Country: China
Composer Bisbee has painted a beautiful picture of a Chinese garden. The gentle finger cymbals set the tone, the piano adding embellishment like a colorful blossom in the garden. To be sung in Chinese, there is a pronunciation guide for this easy text.
Arranger: B. Wayne Bisbee | Country: China
Composer Bisbee has painted a beautiful picture of a Chinese garden. The gentle finger cymbals set the tone, the piano adding embellishment like a colorful blossom in the garden. To be sung in Chinese, there is a pronunciation guide for this easy text.
Arranger: B.Wayne Bisbee | Country: China
Drawn from Yunnan Hani children's folk song, Qi Do Lei, the music describes the happy life of children and parents who cut down bamboo and pick up bamboo leaves. Combining traditional folk tunes with modern musical styles that we enjoy is a truly multicultural musical expression. Playful and inventive, this piece transports us to the beautiful country side of China.
Arranger: She Qian | Country: China
This gorgeous setting of an ancient Chinese tune is tender in nature, possessing haunting melodies. It evokes a light, delicate style and a peaceful, serene mood, making it an ideal multicultural programming contrast.
Arranger: Linda Spevacek | Country: China
Chen Yi's From the Path of Beauty is a seven-movement song cycle for mixed choir. The publisher has made available this single movement in an alternate performance option of a cappella SATB chorus. According to the program notes, this cycle "brings us through the history of beauty in Chinese arts, from ancient totems to figurines, from poetry to calligraphy, from dance to music, from thoughts to the spirit. It is deep in expression and rich in color, lyrical yet dramatic." Commissioned by Chanticleer and the Shanghai Quartet for the celebration of their 30th and 25th anniversaries, the complete work was premiered on March 13, 2008 in San Francisco. The New York premiere followed on April 11, 2008 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Arranger: Chen Yi | Country: China
Great choral music transports you into the story of the text and the emotion of the song. From a 6th century Chinese poem recalling the separation from their loved ones caused by a sailor's life, Shirley McRae successfully carries us. Recommended for high school choirs, this piece is a musical escape into an age-old longing for those we love.
Arranger: Shirley McRae | Country: China
Premiered at the 2001 Pacific Rim Choral Festival, this famous Chinese melody was written by the 19th century blind musician Ah Bing. This arrangement by Leon Shiu-wai Tong features traditional Chinese instruments (which could be performed on mandolin and violin) and the beautiful wordless vocal harmonies of this treasured work.
Arranger: Leon Shiu-wai Tong | Country: China
Selected for the Randy Stenson Male Chorus Series, this Japanese Children's Song has been artfully arranged by veteran teacher Victor Searle. A children's song for male voices? Yes, and that is what makes it all the more fun. The temple stories are as playful as the rest of us and the arrangement makes this piece an amusing and animated delight. Fitting for high school and college.
Arranger: George Searle | Country: China
Contents: Lan Hua Hua (Blue Flower) - Da Mai Hao Zi (Threshing Wheat Song) - Yang Guan San Dei (Song of the Tang Dynasty).
Arranger: Liu Zhuang | Country: China
Two Chinese Folk Songs is the result of collaboration between two of Theodore Presser Company's most prolific composers. It was commissioned and premiered by the Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club, March 16, 2008 in Beijing, China. Chen Yi sets the love song "The Flowing Stream" for women's chorus, and Steven Stucky sets the work song "The Sun Is Rising with Our Joy" for men's chorus. In the final section, both songs are interwoven and overlapped with full mixed chorus. For advanced choirs. Dur.: 5'
Arranger: Chen Yi | Country: China
Hsiao Cheng Ku Shih and Diu Diu Tang are skillfully interwoven in this unique setting.
Arranger: Philip Lawson Performed By: King's Singers | Country: China
Based on a Chinese folk song, here is a delightful mixture of Mandarin and English, of original material and folk music, all with a clever incorporation of the tune Freré Jacques. Available separately: 2-Part, VoiceTrax CD. Duration: ca. 2:45.
Arranger: Rollo Dilworth | Country: China
Sung in English and interspersed with Chinese nonsense syllables, With Flowers Blooming is a fascinating blend of folk-style melodies and rich exploratory textures for a cappella women's chorus. The 8th-century text celebrates happy leading to flowers blooming;.
Arranger: Chen Yi | Country: China
This Chinese lullaby reflects a simpler time, showing the journey that a child travels as they fall asleep. An English translation and phonetic singing translation and the original Cantonese characters are included in the music. With opt. glockenspiel and flute.
Composer: Lily Grant | Country: China
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