Directory of Traditional Folk or Classical Resources

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No pop music here, the stuff you'll find here is mostly either Chinese opera (y'know the stuff with the fancy costumes and falsettos) and instrumental music (more popular instruments include pipa and yang qin).

Resources in This Category

• China: Classical Music

  http://www.medieval.org/music/world/china.html
  Contains information on Chinese music in general as well as a few instruments in particular. Also has listings of recordings.

• Classical Chinese Music

  http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/ent/A0811916.html
  Short introduction to the classical music forms of China.

• Erhu Music by George Gao

  http://www.georgegao.com/
  Erhu player. Biography, news items, audio and video clips, and sales of instruments, sheet music, and recordings.

• Gao Hong

  http://www.chinesepipa.com/
  Pipa soloist. Includes biography and information on the instrument and upcoming performances.

• John Thompson on the Guqin Silk String Zither

  http://www.silkqin.com/
  Introduction to this Chinese instrument, with pictures, song lyrics, and information on its place in Chinese culture.

• Li Xiangting

  http://www.chineseculture.net/wangfei/lxt/
  Biography of the artist with audio clips of his music.

• Melody of China

  http://www.melodyofchina.com/
  Chinese music ensemble based in the San Francisco Bay Area that seeks to promote classical Chinese music.

• Music From China

  http://www.musicfromchina.org/
  A musical ensemble that invokes the delicacy and power of both traditional and contemporary Chinese music.

• North American Guqin Association

  http://www.chineseculture.net/guqin/
  Association introducing, promoting, and exchanging Guqin music.

• Physics of the Erhu

  http://erhuphysics.net78.net/
  Science on a String: Exploring the physics behind the sound of the erhu.

• San Francisco Guzheng Music Society

  http://www.guzheng.org/
  Promotes guzheng, a Chinese table harp, and Chinese culture and music.

• The Palace of Zheng: Music of Harmony

  http://starvoid.proboards.com/
  A forum of the music and its instruments.

• Wang Fei Guqin

  http://chineseculture.net/wangfei/guqincd.html
  Guqin performer and instructor. Includes biography, information on the instrument, and music audio.

Other Languages

• Chinese

 

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