Let the whole world sing the Chinese song “Three Wishes of Roses: 16 Chinese Art Songs” premiered in EuropeFly into the homes of ordinary people
Liao Changyong (middle)
In the golden autumn of October, “Three Wishes of Roses: 16 Chinese Art Songs”, edited by Liao Changyong, Dean of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, was officially published internationally by Daxiong, the world‘s oldest music publishing house, and became an important document for Chinese art songs to go international. According to Big Bear Publishing House, the European version has been officially launched, and the paper version will be available in the mainland China market in November at the latest.
“Three Wishes of Roses: 16 Chinese Art Songs” was published using international phonetic notation and demonstration reading to restore Chinese pronunciation to the greatest extent possible. It can be learned by singers and fans from different countries and regions, and it will become a book that will make the world a word. A blockbuster textbook for singing Chinese songs in a positive tone.
This project started in 2019 and lasted more than two years. Liao Changyong led the research team to carry out repertoire selection, lyrics translation, phonetic reading and other links, and gathered multidisciplinary professional joint work such as music composition, vocal performance, art tutoring, and musicology. Professor Zhou Zheng from the Department of Vocal Music and Opera worked hard to make the international phonetic notation for all the lyrics. Liao Changyong and Xu Zijia recorded all the lyrics in Chinese to provide the best pronunciation help for non-native Chinese singers.
In November last year, Shangyin held the International Art Week “A Hundred Years of Chinese Art Songs”, Shangyin-Big Xiong’s “Three Wishes of Roses: 16 Chinese Art Songs” Sino-German Joint Publishing Ceremony and Shangyin “Chinese Art Song Research Series” The opening ceremony was held. From Shanghai, China to Wiesbaden, Germany, spanning 8,500 kilometers, Liao Changyong and the president of Big Bear Publishing House Nick connected live and handed over the sheet music samples of “The Three Wishes of Roses: 16 Chinese Art Songs”. Liao Changyong said: “This This is the first time that a Chinese art song has been published internationally. In the past 300 years, Big Bear has published more than 8,000 works by more than 1,000 composers. The world’s most famous publishing house publishes Chinese art songs, and there is no doubt that it will be of great interest to Chinese art songs. The global promotion has played a huge role in promoting.”
The publication of “Three Wishes of Roses: 16 Chinese Art Songs” is another important international publication of Chinese music works following the publication of Yang Liqing’s “Desert Twilight” and Shen Ye’s “Silent Poems”. Currently, Shangyin is planning the next step of “Chinese Art Songs”. Shen Ye’s new works and the creations of contemporary Chinese composers will be published in Daxiong after strict international selection. (Xinmin Evening News reporter Zhao Yue)
Editor: Lu Weixin
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