Best Chinese Music - 中国经典音乐 - v4.03, Dr. Herong Yang
1750 - Xi Yang Xiao Gu (夕阳箫鼓) - Flutes and Drums at Sunset
Xi Yang Xiao Gu (夕阳箫鼓) - Flutes and Drums at Sunset, Pipa (琵琶, Lute) solo, composed in the 18th Century.
Year: 18th Century Title: Xi Yang Xiao Gu (夕阳箫鼓) - Flutes and Drums at Sunset, Instrumental Music at Sunset, Sunset by the River, Xunyang Lute, Xunyang in Moonlight, Flute and Drum Music at Dusk Genre: Pipa (琵琶, Lute) Solo
Listed as one of ten best ancient Chinese music pieces, "Flutes and Drums at Sunset" is one of the representative works of ancient Chinese lute music. The author is not known. Beginning to be popular as early as in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the music's name was first seen in Textual Research of Contemporary Music compiled by Yao Xie (1805-1864) in the Qing dynasty.
《夕阳箫鼓》又名《浔阳琵琶》、《浔阳夜月》，为中国古代琵琶曲文曲中代表作 品之一, 也是中国著名十大古曲之一。此曲最迟在十八世纪就流传在江南一带。作 者佚名。
Additional resources:
- 夕阳萧鼓(琵琶), YouTube,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoXXyiPa4Rg
- Instrumental Music at Sunset, Introduction and on-line listening, http://arts.cultural-china.com/en/96Arts548.html
- 夕阳箫鼓, Download, Genre: Pipa (琵琶, Lute) Solo, Performer: ?, http://music.guqu.net/pipa/54.html
- 夕阳箫鼓, Image, http://www.hjpop.com/source/UploadFile/200712/20/5B233159403.jpg
Table of Contents
2000 - 2099: Best 21st Century Music
1950 - 1999: Best Music in the Second Half of the 20th Century
1900 - 1949: Best Music in the First Half of the 20th Century
►Before 1900: Best Ancient Music
1899 - Han Ya Xi Shui (寒鸦戏水) - Crows Playing Water
1899 - Han Gong Qiu Yue (汉宫秋月) - Autumn Moon Over the Han Palace
1799 - Zou Xi Kou (走西口) - Go West
1763 - Mo Li Hua (茉莉花) - Jasmine Flower
►1750 - Xi Yang Xiao Gu (夕阳箫鼓) - Flutes and Drums at Sunset
1560 - Yu Qiao Wen Da (渔樵问答) - Dialogue between the Fisherman and the Woodcutter
1130 - Yue Er Wan Wan Zhao Jiu Zhou (月儿弯弯照九州) - Crescent Moon Shining Above
750 - Yang Guan San Die (阳关三叠) - Adios at Yangguan
750 - Ping Sha Luo Yan (平沙落雁) - Wild Geese on the Sandbank
750 - Shi Mian Mai Fu (十面埋伏) - Ambush from Ten Sides
750 - Jiang Jun Ling (将军令) - Song of the General
375 - Mei Hua San Nong (梅花三弄) - Plum Blossom Melodies
250 - Jiu Kuang (酒狂) - The Drunkard
219 - Guang Ling San (广陵散) - Guangling Melody
207 - Hu Jia Shi Ba Pai (胡笳十八拍) - Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute
220 BC - Gao Shan Liu Shui (高山流水) - High Mountain and Running River
552 BC - Yang Chun Bai Xue (阳春白雪) - White Snow in Early Spring