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Contemporary Chinese music and nature #1974702 10/17/12 04:43 PM
Joined: May 2001 Posts: 36,801 New York City pianoloverus OP Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
OP pianoloverus Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member Joined: May 2001 Posts: 36,801 New York City	From what little I know of contemporary Chinese(or perhaps all Asian) piano music it seems that a huge number of pieces are meant to depict nature or at least have titles that are related to nature. I don't know if these pieces were written during the Cultural Revolution or after that period or both. Some examples: Yiruma The Sunbeams...They Scatter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY1pRmfw9GQ Yiruma The River Flows in You http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7maJOI3QMu0 Takimitsu Rain Tree Sketch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLozD1ye5qs Yundi Li Far Away Clouds Chasing the Moon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1xAU5EkIwk The amazing George Li play Sunflowers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqY_-5Y7kIw&feature=relmfu Lang Lang Yellow River Concerto http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI53ynG7hSo Lang Lang Silver Clouds Chasing the Moon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3JT5giyVMM Can someone explain/talk about this connection between Chinese music and nature? Last edited by pianoloverus; 10/17/12 05:02 PM.

Re: Contemporary Chinese music and nature pianoloverus #1974714 10/17/12 04:55 PM
Joined: May 2012 Posts: 6,177 JoelW 6000 Post Club Member
JoelW 6000 Post Club Member Joined: May 2012 Posts: 6,177	I think music of all cultures is commonly inspired by nature. For example, most of Scott Joplin's rags were named off of some sort of plant. It's almost as if he thought of a tune whenever strolling through a park, or buying from a farmer's market. lol

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