A Selection of Fine Children's Choir Songs from China and Around the World. USA, America, Asia, and Other Countries: A Collection of Songs Performed by the China Symphony Youth and Girls' Choir

Author: Yang Hongnian (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: With the vigorous development of choral activities, I have continuously received letters and calls from choral conductors and music teachers both domestically and internationally, requesting the scores, piano accompaniment parts, and audio materials of the songs performed by our choir. Now, on the occasion of our choir's 20th anniversary, with the support and assistance of many friends, we have selected 177 works from the over 1,000 songs we have performed and officially published them in four volumes, striving to meet the needs of society. Here are some notes:
1. Due to historical habits and the characteristics of musical styles, we currently classify the songs from the Soviet period of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and other countries in the "Eastern European Songs" section.
2. For foreign songs, we have tried to use a bilingual format (Chinese and foreign languages). Some songs even use three languages for reference to meet the needs of different choirs. For some foreign songs, to maintain the original style, we have used only the original lyrics with supplementary Chinese translations. For others, we have used only the Chinese translations.
3. Since our choir consists of two parts—"Youth Team" and "Women's Team"—some songs in the selection are suitable only for women's choirs.
4. We have provided brief introductions for some songs. Some of the content is excerpted from Mr. He Xide's Appreciation of 365 Famous Classical and Modern Foreign Songs.
5. The selection also includes a small number of religious works, with the aim of appropriately introducing the influence of religious culture on musical life in Western choral music. We hope readers will approach such works from a materialist historical perspective.