A Bing -- Vertigo in Darkness

Author: Pang Pei
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Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: The author of "Moon over the Second Spring" (Erquan Yingyu), Ah Bing (1893-1950), was born as a poor Taoist priest. He lived in turbulent times and endured a series of hardships throughout his life, making him a unique spiritual portrait in the 20th-century Chinese music scene and an extraordinary figure in the history of Chinese music. It is said that he composed and arranged over 700 pieces of music in his lifetime, but only 6 have survived to this day. This book is a collection of essays about this blind, suffering genius, offering a glimpse into the tragic yet brilliant fate of the composer in past eras, imbued with an overwhelming emotional depth. (Includes 60-80 black-and-white illustrations)