Name: Memories of Taiwan (arr. Paul SanGregory) by various traditional Cello and Piano Digital Sheet Music
Brand: Distant Engraver Music
Price: 7.99 USD
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Product Details

Title Memories of Taiwan (arr. Paul SanGregory)

Artist various traditional

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer various traditional

Arranger Paul SanGregory

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 33

Arrangement Cello and Piano

Publisher Distant Engraver Music

Level 5

Product ID 1787098

Genre Traditional Folk Classical Contemporary Chamber

Instruments Cello Piano

Product Description

This enjoyable piece incorporates Taiwanese songs in various ways, sometimes combining them with American influences. Each of the four movements is based on a different Taiwanese melody, but also incorporates elements that arent part of Taiwanese folk music. The four movements are as follows:

Thinking ()
This movements is based on the melody of Si Xiang Qi (), which describe a persons memories of where they grew up and the people there. It creates a quiet atmosphere of thinking, or reminiscing on the piano with the cello playing phrases that borrow freely borrow from the songs melody.

Pigs Foot ()
The playful song Dianzi Jiao () is about eating Taiwanese-style pork knuckles to drive away bad luck. The potential bad luck was caused by kids getting tar stuck on their feet. The songs short melody is played several times in this movement while adding meter, rhythm and texture changes. At times, American blues (or even rhythm and blues) influence the music so that it becomes something quite different from the original song.

Memory in the Breeze ()
The lyrics of Wang Chun Feng () are about a young maiden dreaming of love, but too shy to express it. An important image is a springtime breeze. In this movement, that image is combined with the idea of a lone elderly person looking back on the innocent days of youth. Though the songs melody isnt heard in its entirety, phrases of the song drift through the piece, carried by the spring breeze that inspired the wistful reminiscing.

Dark Blue Clouds ()
Ti Oh-Oh () is a well-known song in Taiwan whose title literally means Black Sky or Dark Clouds. It is an upbeat song that is as much about relations between a husband and wife as it is about the weather. This movement has a syncopated accompaniment with some chords and musical gestures inspired by American blues.

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