Spring Festival Overture

The Spring Festival Overture , Chunjie Xuqu ( Chinese 春節序曲 / 春节序曲 , Pinyin Chūnjié Xùqǔ , English Spring Festival Overture ) is an orchestral work composed in 1955 and 1956 by the Chinese composer Li Huanzhi (1919–2000). The work depicts the scenery of the Shanbei region (i.e. northern Shaanxi ) during the Chinese New Year (Spring Festival). It is very popular in China and is performed frequently. It has also been widely included in school music books.

In 2007 it was one of the pieces of music with which the Chinese lunar probe Chang'e-1 was equipped.

Videos

youtube.com: Spring Festival Overture - Golden Hall, Musikverein , Vienna (Chinese instruments)
youtube.com: Symphony Orchestra of the Vienna Volksoper (Chinese percussion and Western instruments)

Web links

Chunjie Xuqu as notes in Chinese numeric notation ( Jianpu )

References and footnotes

↑ Article "Chunjie Xuqu (春節序曲 / 春节序曲)", Chinese: [1] on music.chinesecio.com, accessed on October 18, 2017
↑ Work "Chunjie Xuqu (春節序曲 / 春节序曲)", Chinese / English: [2] on worldcat.org, accessed on October 18, 2017
↑ Chinese 李煥之 / 李焕之
↑ china.org.cn: "Chinese Music to be played in outer space" (lists) - accessed October 25, 2011

[Chunjie_Xuqu_01-1] Article "Chunjie Xuqu (春節序曲 / 春节序曲)", Chinese: [1] on music.chinesecio.com, accessed on October 18, 2017

[Chunjie_Xuqu_02-2] Work "Chunjie Xuqu (春節序曲 / 春节序曲)", Chinese / English: [2] on worldcat.org, accessed on October 18, 2017

[3] Chinese 李煥之 / 李焕之

[4] .org.cn: "Chinese Music to be played in outer space" (lists) - accessed October 25, 2011