I got two CDs of Chinese music while we were there; one of lute music and one of "folk songs." The folk songs are an interesting mixed bag of stuff. One of the pieces sounds remarkably like a recording I have of an antique automatic instrument -- orchestrion or some such. They run a gamut of styles.
Before that, I had (and have) a CD I got at an Asian Market in Newport News. The cover had an outline of a piano on it, and I had hopes it might be piano music, but wasn't sure. I asked a clerk what kind of CD it was. "Music CD," was the informative reply. "What kind of music?" I persisted. He looked at the piano. "Piano music," he said. So I got it. It's some crazy pop music with a lot of production in it. I think there's even some piano in there somewhere.
I found a piece of sheet music to purchase while we were there too. The first book store we were in had a decent rack of stuff, which was sort of hard to browse (lacking language skills), and I didn't get to stay long enough to pick anything. Right at the end of the trip, I made a side trip to a book store in the White Swan Hotel, where I picked out the two CDs. I asked the clerk if they had any sheet music and was pointed to a pair of volumes of choral music with piano accompaniment. I snapped them up. One volume seems to be real Chinese music, the other contains many well-known pieces like "Beautiful Dreamer," "Moscow Nights" and "Va, Pensiero," among others. And it was a bargain.
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Date: 2006-04-14 01:15 am (UTC)Before that, I had (and have) a CD I got at an Asian Market in Newport News. The cover had an outline of a piano on it, and I had hopes it might be piano music, but wasn't sure. I asked a clerk what kind of CD it was. "Music CD," was the informative reply. "What kind of music?" I persisted. He looked at the piano. "Piano music," he said. So I got it. It's some crazy pop music with a lot of production in it. I think there's even some piano in there somewhere.
I found a piece of sheet music to purchase while we were there too. The first book store we were in had a decent rack of stuff, which was sort of hard to browse (lacking language skills), and I didn't get to stay long enough to pick anything. Right at the end of the trip, I made a side trip to a book store in the White Swan Hotel, where I picked out the two CDs. I asked the clerk if they had any sheet music and was pointed to a pair of volumes of choral music with piano accompaniment. I snapped them up. One volume seems to be real Chinese music, the other contains many well-known pieces like "Beautiful Dreamer," "Moscow Nights" and "Va, Pensiero," among others. And it was a bargain.