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Offline scherzo123

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Chinese piano pieces
on: July 17, 2012, 11:35:58 PM
Hi, I was looking for the sheet music of some Chinese pieces that I am interested in. Can anyone help me find them? If anyone can, I would appreciate it if they would post the link. Thank you and these are the pieces:

Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (transcribed for two pianos OR piano solo)
Yellow River Piano Concerto (transcribed for two pianos OR piano solo)
Spring Breezes-Taiwanese Folk Song (transcribed for piano solo)
My Motherland (piano solo)
Dialogue in Song (piano solo)
Straw Hat Dance (piano solo)
Bach Prelude and Fugue BWV848
Beethoven Piano Sonata Op.13
Chopin Etude Op.10 No.4
Chopin Scherzo Op.31
Mussorgsky "The Great Gate of Kiev" from Pictures at an Exhibition

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Re: Chinese piano pieces
Reply #1 on: July 17, 2012, 11:41:21 PM
Hmmm...maybe posting it in the "Sheet music requests" board would help more.
Bach Prelude and Fugue BWV848
Beethoven Piano Sonata Op.13
Chopin Etude Op.10 No.4
Chopin Scherzo Op.31
Mussorgsky "The Great Gate of Kiev" from Pictures at an Exhibition

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Re: Chinese piano pieces
Reply #2 on: July 19, 2012, 01:05:52 AM
Why specifically these pieces?  If you are just looking for any Chinese piece, I have the sheet music for Sheng's My Song:




If you like it, let me know.  I don't have the sheet music for any of those other pieces, though; they are not really considered serious music.

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Re: Chinese piano pieces
Reply #3 on: July 19, 2012, 07:25:24 PM
can't get more chinese (piano) than pearl river i suppose.
can't get more 'pieces' than action pieces i suppose.



sorry couldn't help myself.

i wouldn't really know where to look other than the standard amazon.com , ebay, sheetmusicplus.com, etc. you might try the chinese amazon webstie that might give you the hits for the over seas publishers as thye are probably only licensed in china.
ps
so this solo isn't by a Chinese composer but the subject matter is Chinese, i have always love this work is so 'hectic' it captures what we envision a "Chinese Rush Hour' might be. hope it helps.

Rush Hour in Hong Kong (1925) by Abram Chasins



there a few universities with this work in their archives you might want to explore inter-library lending services for a score if it is not on reserve lists as i think the score is currently out of print.

the only purchase option i can find is from the less than desirable sellers these folks but you get a pretty decent chunk of his works including the other two 'Chinese' pieces from the 3 work set this is a part of
https://www.pianorarescores.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=281


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Re: Chinese piano pieces
Reply #4 on: July 20, 2012, 04:12:02 AM
A number of beautiful and popular Chinese pieces can be found here:-
https://www.gangqinpu.com/
if you could read simplified Chinese.

If not, perhaps you can try to copy the song name in its original Chinese characters, and then paste in the search field.  If multiple results come out, you try each of them.

First movement of the Yellow River Concerto (transcribed for piano solo)
https://www.gangqinpu.com/html/575.htm

Some other wonderful Chinese pieces for your exploration:-
https://www.hbdirect.com/album_detail.php?pid=1011376

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Re: Chinese piano pieces
Reply #5 on: July 20, 2012, 04:57:04 PM
A number of beautiful and popular Chinese pieces can be found here:-
https://www.gangqinpu.com/
if you could read simplified Chinese.

If not, perhaps you can try to copy the song name in its original Chinese characters, and then paste in the search field.  If multiple results come out, you try each of them.

First movement of the Yellow River Concerto (transcribed for piano solo)
https://www.gangqinpu.com/html/575.htm

Some other wonderful Chinese pieces for your exploration:-
https://www.hbdirect.com/album_detail.php?pid=1011376

Thanks!!!!!!
Bach Prelude and Fugue BWV848
Beethoven Piano Sonata Op.13
Chopin Etude Op.10 No.4
Chopin Scherzo Op.31
Mussorgsky "The Great Gate of Kiev" from Pictures at an Exhibition
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