Half Moon Rising for SATB Choir and Piano
Choral Music from Mainl. China, HK., Singap. & Taiw. (24 Orig./Arr., Mand/Eng)

Choir Sacred SATB and piano (SATB choir)

SKU: PE.EP72625

Choral Music from Mainl. China, HK., Singap. & Taiw. (24 Orig./Arr., Mand/Eng).

Composed by Edited by John Winzenburg.

Edited by John Winzenburg.

Choral Works (inc. Oratorios).

Edition Peters.

Book.

248 pages.

Published by Edition Peters (PE.EP72625).

ISBN 9790577009087. 190 x 272mm inches. English.

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
• a broad range of styles and dialects, illustrating the region's rich diversity, all presented with the transliterated original text
• poetic English translations below the staves and introductions containing information on the composers/arrangers; performance notes; and literal English translations

Contents

 * Ban Ge Yue Liang Pa Shang Lai (Half Moon Rising) - Xinjiang folksong, arr. Cai Yuwen

 * Ba Jun Zan (Magnificent Horses) -Fantasy on a Mongolian folk tune, arr. Yang Hongnian, adapted and arr. Jing Ling-Tam

 * Cha Shan Qing Ge (Tea Mountain Love Song) -Guizhou folksong, arr. Chen Tscheng Hsiung

 * Diu Diu Dang Ah (Old Train Song) - Taiwan Yilan folksong, arr. Chien Shan-hua

 * DuiHua (Antiphonal Flower Song) - Anhui folksong, arr. Shi Jin Bo

 * Gai Tau Hong Mei (Street Calls) - Leong Yoon Pin

 * Ge Lao HuanGe (Happy Song of the Gelao) - Gelao folksong, arr. Zhou Zhengsong

 * Hong Dou Ci (Red Bean Poem) - Liu Xue’an, arr. HwangYau-tai

 * Ken Chun Ni (Cultivating Spring Soil) - He Lüting (music) Tian Han (words)

 * Kuai Le De Ju Hui (Happy Reunion) -Ancient tune of Sun Moon Lake, arr. Chuan-Sheng Lu

 * Lok Sui Tien (Rainy Days) - Hakka folksong, arr. Toh Ban Sheng

 * Mo Li Hua(Jasmine Flower) - Jiangsu folksong, arr. Ch en Yi

 * Mu Ge (Shepherd’s Song) - Eastern Mongolian folksong, arr. Qu Xixian

 * PaoMa Liu Liu Di Shan Shang (Horses Run on the Mountain) - Xikang folksong, arr. Zhao Yushu

 * Qing Chun Wu Qu (Dance of Youth) - Uyghurfolksong, arr. Wang Luobin, choral arr. Wang Shiguang

 * Ru Meng Ling (Like a Dream) - Richard Tsang

 * Seui Diu Go Tau (Under theMid-Autumn Moon) - Chan Kai-Young

 * Shui Guang Lian Yan (Ripples Glisten Away…) - Chen Yihan

 * Shui Xian Hua (Narcissus Flower)- Chinese folksong, arr. Lin Sheng-shih

 * Tin O O (Dark Clouds) - Northern Taiwan children’s song, arr. Tsai Yu-Shan

 * Xiao HeTang Shui (Flowing Creek) - Yunnan folksong, arr. Ma Shuilong

 * Xiao Huang Li Niao (Little Oriole) - Mongolian folksong, arr. ChanHing-yan

 * Yang Guan San Die (Parting at Yangguan Pass) - Ancient Chinese tune, transcribed by Xia Yifeng, arr. Wang Zhenya

 * YiWang (To Forget) - Hwang Yau-tai (music), Zhong Meiyin (text)