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1. Famous Piano Songs

30 Famous Chinese Piano Pieces, edited by Wei Tingge. Publisher: The People's Music Publishing. Several of the pieces in this collection have garnered attention due to Lang Lang's recording, Dragon Songs. Be careful of what iTunes lists as the composers as the information is inaccurate or incomplete. It only lists the original composer of the tune and not the composer who transcribed the pieces. Below are the correct piano composers/transcribers for the pieces.

Autumn Moon On Calm Lake, Chen Peixun 2. The Cowherd's Flute (aka A Buffalo Boy Playing His Flute), He Luting 3. Colored Clouds Chasing the Moon (aka Silver Clouds Chasing the Moon), Wang JianZhong There is a piece which Lang Lang performs, which from the Mermaid Suite, called 'Straw Hat' by Du Mingxin. This book does not have the piece but has two other movements from the same suite, 'Dance of the Coral' and 'Dance of the Waterweeds.' They would be late intermediate to early advanced levels.

Some other nice pieces in this collection are: 1. Flower Drum, Qu Wei. This is the famous Anhui folk song. There are English lyrics to this song too.

The Second Spring Bathed in Moonlight, Abing/Chu Wanghua. Originally composed for erhu. A Hundred Birds Paying Respect to the Phoenix, Wang JianZhong. I believe this was a pipa solo 4. Ode to Plum Blosson, Abing/Wang JianZhong.

Music at Sunset, Li YingHai. There are two transcriptions of music from the revolutionary ballet of the Cultural Revolution, 'The Red Detachment of Women' by Du Mingxin. They are aptly titled, 'The Happy Women Soldiers' and 'Forging Ahead.' Some day I will be as brave as these women and will program them on a recital.

I also want to update some information regarding where to purchase this piano collection. It is no longer available at China Sprout. Amazon.com has a few very overpriced copies, but I have found another seller, The book is priced at an affordable $12.00 plus shipping at this website. If you are just intending to browse the collection, I do have a pdf copy. Please leave me a comment and I will email that copy to you. For my friends near Kansas State or Wichita State, there are genuine copies at their libraries.

I believe the copy at Wichita State was donated by yours truly. I have annotated dates for the pieces and the composers in my own copy. Please do not hesitate to ask for that information if you need it for a program.

June 2005: This book offers a good selection of Chinese piano music by current composers. The score for the pieces I chose for my senior and graduate recital are found here. The paper quality of the book is rather poor. It would be advisable to make photocopies when learning a new piece. Markings would easily damage the score. I'm sorry I don't know whether it is an acid-free edition since it is published in China.

I do intend to talk about each piece and composer in brief, with the hopes that this would be a source of information for pianists and teachers alike. In my research I have found that the little information is scattered in many different websites and references. And of course it would also help me keep track of the information I have found. There is just too much note paper scattered in my apartment too. The only website that sells this book for a decent price is. While you are at this site, check out some of their. I will be investing in a couple more books later this year.

Anonymous Hi Gloria, I just attended our state conference for TMTA (TN) and one of the presenters talked about Chinese music and performed 5 pieces from this book. It was most interesting since I have never paid any attention to Chinese music before this even though I am ethnic Chinese and grew up in Malaysia as well!

I received 2 degrees in music in the US and have lived here since 1980. I am thinking of checking out the pieces in this book and hope you would be kind enough to send me an email pdf copy. Your blog has been most interesting since we have a lot in common, being pianists from Malaysia. My email address is jtcrucian@yahoo.com Many thanks! Anonymous Hi Gloria, Thanks for your generosity in sharing. Terry McRoberts (who is on the faculty of Union University in Jackson, TN) presented the program 'The Joy of Chinese Piano Music'.

He played 'An Evening Get-together', 'The Dance of the Waterweeds', 'Embroidering a Golden Silk Banner', 'Silver Clouds Chasing the Moon' and 'Glowing Red Morningstar Lilies'. He also gave us a collection of other books some easier for teaching purposes. Terry has been to China and done research there.

What are your personal favorite pieces from this book? Thanks for your interest. I am am 58-year American pianist living and working in Paris, France. I studied in the late 70s at UMKC with Richard Cass and moved to France to study with the widow of Robert Casadesus.

I recently begun studying Tan Dun's 'Eight Memories in Watercolor' and am looking for new repertoire among the Chinese composers. I have discovered many pieces in various recordings on Deezer: notably those featured on Tianshu Wang's CD 'The Piano in China.'

I am most interested in finding a copy of Yi Yinghai's 'Music at Sunset' as well as Chu Wanghua's 'The Jasmine Flowers.' I understand that 'Music at Sunset' it included in the book of Chinese music you have offered to share by PDF. Does it also include 'The Jasmine Flowers'?

I would appreciate your sending me your PDF copy of '30 Famous Piano Pieces', completely unavailable here in France. Cordially Alfred Booth alfredbpiano@wanadoo.fr. Dear Alfred, Thank you for your message. Yes, the book does have 'Music at Sunset' but it doesn't contain Chu Wanghua's 'Jasmine Flower.' I do have a collection of Chu Wanghua's pieces but it is packed away in storage. I'm not sure whether it has this piece.

I will try to find the book as soon as I can. (I have a pretty good collection of Chinese piano music.) Since you are interested in the 'Jasmine Flower' piece, may I suggest looking up Arensky's Etude sur un theme chinois, op.

3 which is based on this song. Percy Grainger also has an arrangement of it. Watch out for my email. Thanks again. Sincerely, Gloria.

Hi Brenda, Here is some information I inserted in my program notes. I don't really have sources because the information was gleaned from my relatives. My grandma used to sing this song quite a bit, so they remembered.:) Hope this starts you off on the right track. It's from a Cantonese opera.

I have the DVD somewhere. I might not be able to locate it now as I'm in the process of moving. A lot of my teaching/research resources are boxed up. Traditional arr. Chen Pei Xun – Quiet Lake in Autumn Moonlight (1975) Chinese composer, Chen Pei-Xun was born in 1921 in Hong Kong.

Chen studied in London and in Shanghai. He has been a professor of composition and orchestration at the Central Conservatory in Beijing and Hong Kong Baptist College. Chen is an advocate of the use of Cantonese folktunes in the composition of art music. His music has the impressionistic influences of Debussy and the folk influences of Bartok. This piece is based on a popular Cantonese song of the 1950s and 1960s.

This song was made popular by famous Cantonese opera singers Pak Suit-Sin and Yam Kim-Fai. The lyrics speak of a couple’s love and devotion to each other. The piano arrangement is evocative of traditional Chinese instruments like the harp and violin (erhu). It starts off with a melody harmonized with a pentatonic-like accompaniment. The melody is then passed to the left hand accompanied by quick arpeggios in the right hand. The middle section contains many trills and lovely harmonies.

The piece fades out quietly without a ritardando at the end. Andrew U G'day Gloria, Thank you for the response. I wasn't clear in my first message-I ordered the book of 30 pieces, from the link you gave. (Not a whole set of books-I didn't realise there were even more!) I need to limit my purchases as I do not have enough shelf space. Unfortunately, my order is still listed as ``pending' on the website, so I'm not quite sure what's happening with it.

Would you perhaps be able to email me a.pdf copy to use while I'm waiting for the book, please? Incidentally, I'm attempting to learn Mandarin, but it's not easy to maintain motivation. Cheers, Andrew werdnarehsu@gmail.com.

Grace April 28, 2014 at 11:50 am Great pieces! I like the one by Yann Tiersen too, I like Japanese pieces.

And by the way if anyone wants some more suggestions, I VERY highly reccomend each piece listed below. I’m really specific on what I call a “beautiful” melody, and these will make you want to cry, probably. They’re just amazing.

Famous Piano Songs

Hope you like! Life is Like a Boat – from the anime Bleach Everything – Helen Jane Long Expression – Helen Jane Long Daybreak – Andrew Turner River Flows in You – Yiruma Corpse Bride theme song (yes I know, weird title but beautiful haunting piece) Sound the Bugle – from Spirit, Stallion of the Cimmarron Here I am – from Spirit, Stallion of the Cimarron I hope everyone enjoys these! I find them to be my absolute favorites. I’m pretty sure they’re all on youtube.

M Harman June 21, 2014 at 4:42 am Hello, Thanks so much for posting these pieces. I can’t play and don’t really have time to listen to music on the radio – so my exposure to contemporary music is often limited to television and film soundtracks. It is great that Internet sources such as yours can provide another access entry point to contemporary music outside of the mainstream pop, rock etc. The BBC for example sometimes doesn’t even list in the end-titles the music it has used in documentaries – I have recognised pieces and watched carefully at the end, only to find that no credit is given.