Music 316: MUSIC CULTURES OF THE WORLD - ASIA Prof. Ter Ellingson 28D Music 543-7211 [email protected] T.A. Brent Bianchi 28A Music 543-7019 [email protected] Autumn 2006 10:30-11:20 Monday-Friday (Thursday sections vary) Music Room 213 CD 1: EAST ASIA - CHINA China 1 WINE MADNESS: Composition by 0:00 Yuan Chi ? (210-263 A.D.) for ch'in /qin, 7-stringed plucked half-tube zither. Program (descriptive) music illustrating the lifestyle of a refined scholar, "Wine Madness" (Chiu- k'uang), in 4 sections, plus Coda titled "Immortal Vomiting Sound." Performed by Liang Ming-Yüeh. (Musik für Ch'in A: 3) Ch'in/Qin A scholar playing the ch'in/qin surrounded by natural beauty 2 BUDDHIST CHANT: Chanting by mixed group of nuns and monks led by a 4:55 nun. "Name of the Medicine Buddha", Mahayana chant of Sanskrit (Indian language) name, "Yo-shih-fu", followed by "Three Refuges" in Chinese. Accompanied by gongs, mu yu /muyu "wooden fish", various sizes of upward-facing externally-struck bells, barrel drum. (H-C Tape) Large Bell Mu yu/Muyu, "Wooden Fish" 3 AMBUSH ON ALL SIDES: Anonymous; sometimes attributed to 9:00 Wang Wei (T'ang Dynasty,8th century A.D.). Program music depicting military scenes and battles. Played on the p'i p'a/pipa, a 4-stringed pear- shaped short-necked plucked lute imported from Central/West Asia. Performed by Wu Ziying. (E/I Tape) P'i p'a/Pipa Music Cultures 316 - Asia CD 1 Prof. Ellingson 2 4 BIRDS RETURNING TO THE FOREST: 19:10 Traditional melody, with improvised realistic depictions of bird songs, battles, etc.; program music portraying nature. Performed on the erh hu/erhu, 2-stringed spike fiddle (bowed lute) imported from Mongol-Tibetan borderlands. Composed by Liu Tien-hua (early 20th c.), played by Lui Man- Sing. (Chinese Masterpieces for the Erh-hu A: 1) Erh hu Hu ch’in/Huqin or Ch'ing hu/Jinghu 5 TRIUMPH FROM THE BATTLEFIELD: Military-style traditional program music 23:10 played by Cantonese-style orchestra led by Lui Man-Sing. Instruments: P'i p'a/Pipa, Erh hu/Erhu, Hu ch’in/Huqin or Ch’ing hu/Jinghu (small high-octave erh hu), Da hu/Dahu (large low-octave erh hu), Cheng/Zheng (16-string plucked zither), San hsien/Sanxian (3-string Yang ch'in/Yangqin plucked lute), Yang ch'in/Yangqin (struck zither or hammered dulcimer), Ti tsu/Dizi (cross-blown flute with tissue membrane over one hole), Mu yu/Muyu ("wooden fish" percussion idiophone), drums, cymbals, gongs. (CMftE-h A: 3) Border Areas: Taiwan 6 MILLET GERMINATING SONG: Song for germinating (starting plants 27:00 growing from) millet seeds, agricultural/ritual song by male villagers of the Bunun people of Taiwan. Polyphonic (multi-part) music, with some men singing a repeating descending-pitch melody pattern against a gradual microtonal rising part sung by others; constantly changing harmonic relationships. (Polyphonies Vocales des Aborigenes de Taiwan: 15) .