Guqin Melodies*
欸乃 Ai Nai (Creaks of the Oars)*
Artist: qin master Guan, Ping Hu
Monday, November 19, 2007
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流水 Liu Shui (Flowing Water)*
Artist: qin master Guan, Ping Hu
Monday, November 12, 2007
Music Score: 天聞閣琴譜 Tian Wen Ge Qin Pu
Credited with authoring this piece, Bo Ya [伯牙], qin player of the Spring and Autumn Period, would have never imagined that his masterpiece would one
憶故人 Yi Gu Ren (Remembering An Old Friend)*
Artist: qin master Lin, You Ren
Wednesday, November 7, 2007 (San Francisco’s Gu Qin Day)
Music Score: 理琴軒琴譜 Li Qin Xuan Qin Pu
The melody is replete with refined interest, delightful serenity and lingering sentiments. It shows the composer’s deep feelings with which he
瀟湘水雲 Xiao Xiang Shui Yun (Clouds over the Xiao and Xiang Rivers)*
Artist: qin master Wu, Jing Lue
Monday, October 29, 2007
Music Score: 五知齋琴譜 Wu Zhi Zhai Gu Qin Pu
Composed by Guo Chu Wang at the end of the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD), this piece expresses the composer’s patriotic distress over the
關山月 Guan Shan Yue (The Moonlight On The Frontier)*
Artist: qin master Wu, Wen Guan
Monday, October 1, 2007
Music Score: 楳盦琴諩 Mei’an Qin Pu
Guanshan Yue is based on Li Bai’s poem discussing the plight of Tang dynasty soldiers on the frontier. It expresses the soldiers’ solemn desperation and anguish with being separated from family and friends.
Over the three millennia of qin development, qin music never reached a level of mass popularity. It existed primarily in the realms of the literati and intelligentsia, but was also at the same time in the consciousness of every Chinese person. Because of this dichotomy, the qin and its culture take on a mystical and mythical subtext in the Chinese collective consciousness.
