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The JVC video anthology of world music and dance. East Asia. III / producer, Ichikawa Katsumori ; director, Nakagawa Kunihiko.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoTokyo : JVC, Victor Co. of Japan [production Co.] ; [Berlin, Vt.] : Distributed by Multicultural Media, [2005]
Description1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (vi, 140 pages : map ; 19 cm)
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorIchikawa, Katsumori, director.
Other author/creatorNakagawa, Kunihiko, producer.
Other author/creatorNihon Bikutā Kabushiki Kaisha.
Other author/creatorKokuritsu Minzokugaku Hakubutsukan.
Other author/creatorSmithsonian/Folkways Recordings.
Other author/creatorMulticultural Media (Firm : Barre, Vt.)
Variant title Title on disc label: East Asia III : China 1
Variant title Video anthology of world music and dance
Series JVC video anthology of world music and dance ; v. 3
JVC video anthology of world music and dance ; v. 3. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Dizi (flute, with ensemble): "Gusuxing" ("Trip to Suzhou") (4:05) -- Pipa (lute solo): "Shimian maifu" ("Ambush on all sides") (6:51) -- Erhu (bowed fiddle with yangqin (zither)): "Erquan yingyue" ("The moon reflected in a spring") (5:37) -- Zheng (zither solo): "Yuzhou changwan" ("The fisherman singing in the evening") (3:31) -- Instrumental ensemble: "Chunjiang huayueye" ("A beautiful moonlit night by the river in springtime") (5:55) -- From liyuanxi (dramatic musical genre): "Paixiongwu" ("Beating the chest dance") (3:43) -- Instrumental ensemble: "Meihuacao" ("Plum blossoms") (5:52) -- Dongxiao (flute solo): "Huainian" ("Nostalgia") (4:21) -- From liyuanxi: Colored ball dance (4:09) -- From jingju (Beijing opera): "Bawang bieji" ("The King's parting with his favorite") (7:02) -- From chuanju (Sichuan opera): "Baishezhuan" ("The white snake") (8:22).
Abstract Presents examples of music, dance, and opera from the Han people of China, documented by text.
Local noteJOYNER - BOOKLET CALL NUMBER DVD-660 v. 1-5 BOOKLET.
Local noteJOYNER - BOOKLET CALL NUMBER DVD-660 v. 1-5 BOOKLET.
General notePreviously released on videocassette in 1988.
General noteProduced in collaboration with the National Museum of Ethnology (Osaka) and Smithsonian/Folkways Records.
General note"VTMV-33" on container, "JVCVOL03" on disc surface.
General noteBooklet has subtitle: Book II: East Asia. Intended to be used with videos for East Asia I-V.
General noteBooklet includes ethnomusicological notes, lyrics, glossary, and bibliographical references in English.
Technical detailsDVD.
Genre/formDocumentary films.
Publisher numberVTMV-33
Publisher numberJVCVOL03

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