Guangming Library - Three Hundred Yuan Qu

Author: Liu Yan
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Publish Date: 1995-06-01
Features: In ancient Chinese music, modes were called "guan" (official modes). The guan of the song originated from the Yanyue (Court Music) of the Sui and Tang dynasties, where the four strings of the pipa were designated as the four tones—gong, shang, jiao, and yu. Each string formed seven modes, with the seven modes of the gong tone called "gong," while the others were called "," totaling twenty-eight gong. However, in Yuan Dynasty qu (a form of Chinese opera), only twelve modes were commonly used: Xianlu gong, Nanlu gong, Zhonglu gong, Huangzhong gong, Zheng gong, Dashi, Xiaoshi, Bansi, Shang, Shangjiao, Shuang, and Yu. Yuan qu includes zaju (a form of opera) and sanqu (a form of solo song). Sanqu is further divided into quanshu (sets), xiaoling (short songs), and daigu (songs with interludes). For this collection, we do not include zaju but only sanqu and xiaoling. The title format is [Mode] Tune Title. This book mainly includes two works by Yuan Haowen, two sets by Yang Guo, two works by Liu Bingzhong, one set by Du Renjie, five works by Wang Heqing, one work by He Zhixue, three works by Shang Ting, one work by Yan Zhongji, one work by Liu Yin, one set by Bu Humu, one work by Xu Yan, one work by Wei Chu, four works by Lu Zhi, five works by Chen Cao'an, one set of sixteen works by Guan Hanqing, eleven works by Bai Pu, five works by Yao Su, two sets of fifteen works by Ma Zhenyi, two works by Deng Yubin, one work by Wang Bocheng, one work by Wang Shifu, one work by Bai Zeng, two works by Feng Zizhen, one set by Pearl Curtain, and so on.