Tibetan Tunes
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Tibetan Tunes
Composer
Chen Yi
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Program note
The first movement is inspired by the Tibetan folk tune "Du Mu" as played on a recorder (Xiongling). The music presents the rich gestures of Du Mu (the name of a god in Tibetan Buddhism) in a serene mood.
"Dui Xie" is a kind of Tibetan folk ensemble music using the same tune in the introduction and coda, played with the plucked instrument Zhamunie, the bamboo flute, and the fiddle Erhu, often performed with singing and tap dancing. The pitch materials of this movement are drawn from folk ensemble music and the lyrical Tibetan folk song "Amaliehuo."
"Dui Xie" is a kind of Tibetan folk ensemble music using the same tune in the introduction and coda, played with the plucked instrument Zhamunie, the bamboo flute, and the fiddle Erhu, often performed with singing and tap dancing. The pitch materials of this movement are drawn from folk ensemble music and the lyrical Tibetan folk song "Amaliehuo."