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Contributors:

He, Jinhua , composer, arranger of music, singer, instrumentalist

Ho, Daniel, 1968- , arranger of music, instrumentalist

Rees, Helen, 1964- , instrumentalist

Languages:

Sino-Tibetan (Other)
Tibetan
Chinese
English

Language Notes:

Sung in Naxi or Tibetan (tracks 4 and 10).

Alternate Titles:

Title translation: Naxi zu min ge yan chang

Subjects:

Folk music — China — Yunnan Sheng

Folk songs, Naxi

Jew's harp music

Naxi (Chinese people) — Music

Folk music

Naxi (Chinese people)

China — Yunnan Sheng

China

Genres:

Folk music

Folk songs

Arrangements (Music)

Music

Performers:

He Jinhua, vocals, jaw harp ; Daniel Ho, piano, 'ukulele ; Helen Rees, recorder.

Performance Medium:

Female voice
Jew's harp

General Notes:

Title from disc label.
All songs traditional, adapted by He Jinhua, except track 17 composed by He Jinhua and tracks 18-19 adapted by He Jinhua and Daniel Ho.
Recorded 2018 November 9-16 2019 February 7 The Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music.
Program notes by He Jinhua, Yang Fuquan, and Helen Rees and lyrics in standard Naxi pinyin with translations in English and simplified Chinese script (47 pages : color illustrations, map) inserted in container.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 162,895

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 093074059920
Publisher Number, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings: SFW CD 40599

OCLC Numbers:

1300807841