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Video 1. Posing As a Wind Instrument Player In an Ensemble by Li Xuan. Source. Part of "Chinese Ancient Music - Vol 2, High Mountains And Flowing Water", e.g. as seen at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=If7ARKoMiKI.
Video 1. Ambush from ten sides performed by Jiaju Shen (2017) Source.
Video 2. Ambush from ten sides performed live by Liu Dehai. Source. The sound quality is not great, but you do get to see the master. TODO location and date.
God this song.
Lit. "sunny spring white snow".
Video 1. White snow in sunny spring performed by Liu Dehai. Source. From the 1996 album: "A Collection of Chinese Music Masterpieces: Pipa": www.amazon.com/Collection-Chinese-Music-Masterpieces-Pipa/dp/B000QZYN8E TODO recording date.
Video 2. White snow in sunny spring performed by Wu Man in 2020 at The Kennedy Center. Source.
Composed by Wang Huiran in 1960.
The Yi people are one of the officially recognized 55 Chinese ethnic minorities.
Video 1. Dance of the Yi People performed by Liu Dehai. Source. From the album Chinese Plucked Instruments: Vol. 2 - Fishermen’s Song At South Sea: www.amazon.co.uk/Chinese-Plucked-Instruments-Fishermens-South/dp/B001HUECZQ (2004)
Video 2. Dance of the Yi People performed by Wu Man (2021) Source. Presented by the Aga Khan Music Program.
This piece is a reference to Dragon boats from the Dragon Boat Festival.
The explosive moments presumably represent the intense rowing action of a dragon boat race competition.
TODO date composed.
Video 1. Dragon boat performed by Yuanchun Yu (2021) Source.