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The JVC video anthology of world music and dance, Vol. 3: East Asia III [videorecording]

Title
The JVC video anthology of world music and dance, Vol. 3: East Asia III [videorecording]
Publication
1985-1987.

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Description
1 cassette. 60 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Donor/Sponsor
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Series Statement
JVC video anthology of world music and dance ; 3
Subject
  • Television. JVC video anthology of world music and dance
  • Dance > China
  • Operas, Chinese
  • Music > China
  • Dance drama > China
  • Sword-dance
  • Acrobatic dancing
  • Han (Asian people)
Note
  • Video series produced by JVC (Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.), in collaboration with the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan. Producer: Katsumori Ichikawa. Directors: Kunihiko Nakagawa and Yuji Ichihashi. Editorial director: Tomoaki Fujii. Distributed by Rounder Records, Cambridge, Massachusetts. For the accompanying program guide, see: *MGS (General) 92-2700.
Contents
CONTENTS: No. 3-1: Dizi [flute] with ensemble: "Gusuxing" ("Trip to Suzhou"). Perf. by Zhang Xiaohui and others. -- No. 3-2: Pipa [lute]: "Shimian maifu" ("Ambush on all sides"). Perf. by Yang Baoyuan. -- No. 3-3: Erhu [bowed lute] with yangqin [zither]: "Erquan yingyue" ("The moon reflected in a spring"). Perf. by Zhang Xiaohui (erhu) and Li Xiaoyuan (yangqin). -- No. 3-4: Zheng [zither]: "Yuzhou changwan" ("The fisherman singing in the evening"). Perf. by Jiang Xiaoqing. -- No. 3-5: Instrumental ensemble: "Chunjiang huayueye" ("A beautiful moonlit night by the river in springtime"). -- No. 3-6: Liyuanxi [dramatic musical genre from Fujian province]: "Paixiongwu" ("Beating the chest dance"). -- No. 3-7: Instrumental ensemble: "Meihuacao" ("Plum blossoms"). -- No. 3-8: Dongxiao [flute]: "Huainian" ("Nostalgia"). -- No. 3-9: Liyuanxi: Colored ball dance. -- No. 3-10: Jingju [Beijing opera]: "Bawang bieji" ("The king's parting with his favorite"). Perf. by the Ningxia Jingju Troupe. English subtitles. Includes sword dance. -- No. 3-11: Chuanju [Sichuan opera]: "Baishezhuan" ("The white snake"). Perf. by the Sichuan Chuanju Institute. English subtitles. Includes acrobatic dancing.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1449
OCLC
NYPY926040863-F
Title
The JVC video anthology of world music and dance, Vol. 3: East Asia III [videorecording]
Imprint
1985-1987.
Series
JVC video anthology of world music and dance ; 3
Summary
Music and dance of the Han people of the People's Republic of China. Nos. 1 to 5 recorded in Tokyo, Japan, in September 1987. Nos. 6 to 9 performed by the Fujian Nanyin Troupe at the Asian Festival of Traditional Music and Dance in Tokyo in September 1985. No. 10 recorded in Tokyo in September 1986. No. 11 recorded in Tokyo in May 1987.
Local Subject
Television. JVC video anthology of world music and dance.
Dance -- China.
Operas, Chinese.
Music -- China.
Dance drama -- China.
Local Subject
Acrobatic dancing.
Han (Asian people)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1449
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