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David McMullin @mcmullin@musicians.today

· 3mo ago

As part of my continuing project to get my music onto platforms where you can hear it, here are my Li Bai Songs, settings in Mandarin of Tang dynasty poetry. Patrick Mason, baritone; Curtis Macomber, violin; William Anderson, guitar. Premiere performance, November 9, 1999, Merkin Hall, NYC https://mirlo.space/david-mcmullin/release/li-bai-songs Score, lyrics etc. here: https://david-mcmullin.com/music/li-bai-songs #mymusic #baritone #violin #guitar #contemporarymusic #李白 #中文 #chinesepoetry @composers@fedigroups.social

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Li Bai Songs

An album by David McMullin Released 1999-11-09 Li Bai Songs, for baritone voice, violin, & guitar, are settings, in Mandarin Chinese, of Tang Dynasty poetry by Li Bai (701-762). They are dedicated to Dr. Su Yu Xu and Dr. Pei Chen Ning, who introduced me to the poetry and revealed for me its sound and meaning. The songs were premiered November 9, 1999 by Patrick Mason, Curtis Macomber, and William Anderson, on the Washington Square Contemporary Music Society concert series in New York. Li Bai, a

hridaya @hridaya@mas.to

· 4mo ago

Question and Answer in the Mountains They ask me why I live in the green mountains. I smile and don't reply; my heart's at ease. Peach blossoms flow downstream, leaving no trace— And there are other earths and skies than these. Li Bai in "Three Chinese Poets" Vikram Seth (tr.) #poetry #chinesepoetry

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