Chinese Classical Instrumental Music

The Chinese Cultural Theater Group FW06812 / FW 6812

The Chinese Cultural Theater Group re-creates as closely as possible the highly crafted court and religious music that reached its peak during the T’ang Dynasty (seventh to tenth centuries AD). Musicians use traditional instruments, including the pi-p’a (a plucked string instrument similar to a mandolin), the hsiao (a flute-like instrument with a nasal quality), and the erh-hu (a two-stringed fiddle).

中国文化剧团经过精雕细琢，为我们重塑了在唐代（七至十世纪）发展到巅峰的宫廷与宗教音乐。表演者运用了包括琵琶、箫和二胡在内的传统乐器。

Country(s) China; United States
Culture Group(s) Chinese
Keyword(s) Religious; World music
Instrument(s) Bells; Cymbals; Di; Drum; Erhu; Gong; Pipa; Seh; Sheng (Musical instrument); Sheng; Xiao

Year of Recording
Record Label Folkways Records
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Recorded by Raymond Wong ; Liner Notes by Henry Cowell ; Artist Chinese Cultural Theatre Group (Washington, D.C.) ; Recorded by Raymond Wong

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101	Moonlight on the Ching Yang River	The Chinese Cultural Theater Group	5:58
102	The green lotus	The Chinese Cultural Theater Group	2:51
103	The reminiscense song	The Chinese Cultural Theater Group	2:56
104	Buddhist chanting	The Chinese Cultural Theater Group	5:57

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