Three Hundred Chinese Folk Songs. Volume 1, Han Folk Songs

Author: Zhou Xiaoquan
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: The title of "Three Hundred Chinese Folk Songs" was inspired by "Three Hundred Tang Poems." This set consists of two volumes: the first volume includes 129 Han Chinese folk songs, while the second volume includes 171 folk songs of ethnic minorities. Together, the two volumes are titled "Three Hundred Chinese Folk Songs." This set carefully selects the most representative and outstanding songs from Chinese ethnic and folk music. It also collaborates with numerous renowned composers and singers to meticulously compose piano accompaniments for each song. The over 100 Han Chinese folk songs in this book have a deep foundation among the people, each with a moving melody and sincere, rustic emotions—arguably the essence of China's ethnic music culture treasury. Additionally, the book features selected compositions by composers who have adapted folk music elements, creating pieces with a strong folk flavor for reference. These songs can be directly used as concert performance pieces and also provide valuable resources for professional composers and researchers studying folk songs, offering both academic and practical value. In the English-Chinese parallel translations included in this set, some transliterated song titles (without meaning translation) are not rendered according to the pronunciation of Chinese Pinyin. For example, the Tibetan folk song "Luolu" is not translated as "LuoLuo" according to the pronunciation of Chinese Pinyin, but as "LoLo" based on English phonetic pronunciation, as this better approximates the actual sound.