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Piano Music by Asian Composers: Eastern Asia

China - Japan - Korea

CHINA

Chen, Qigang (b.1951, Shanghai, France)

  • Instants d'un Opéra de Pékin (2000) (11’)
  • Er Huang (piano and orchestra) (2009) (17’)

Chou, Wen-chung (b.1923)

  • The Willows are New (1957)

Gao, Ping (b.1970, China)

  • Distant Voices (I. Nostalgia II. Love Song from Kangdin III. Blue Flower) (1999) (14’)
  • Concealed Kisses #1 for Vocalizing Pianist (2’30”)
  • Two Pieces for Piano after Harriet Zinnes (I. The Gaze II. Wings)
  • Two Soviet Love Songs for Vocalizing Pianist (I. Evenings in Suburban Moscow II. Katyusha, Homage a D Shostakovich) (2003) (5’30”)
  • Dance Fury - Homage to Astor Piazzolla (1999) (7’)
  • Night Alley (2008) (8’)
  • Daydreams (I. Twilight II. Song Without Words III. Dance 1 IV. Blues Over a Lost Phone  V. Dance 2 VI. Wind Prayers) (2019) (19’)
  • Outside the Window (2011) (12’)

Xiao Tairan (= Hsiao, Tyzen) (1938 –2015, Taiwan)

  • Fantasy Waltz for two pianos, Op.39  (1976) (11’)
  • Memories of Home Op. 49 (I. Prelude II. Memory III. Playground IV. The Ancient Taiwanese Melody  V. Elegy VI. Frolic) (1987) (16’)
  • Farewell Etude in F Major, Op. 55 (6’) (1993)

Lam, Doming Ngok-pui (Macau HK 1926) (Not in the MSM Library catalog; see WorldCat.)

  • Lamentations of Lady Chiu-Jun, Op. 12a (1964) (7’)
  • (E) Seven Popular Chinese Folk Songs for young pianists, op. 11 (1960)
  • (E) Prelude, op.4 (1959)

Long, Zhou (b. 1953, Beijing, USA)

  • Pianobells (2013) (9’)
  • Mongolian Folk - Tune Variations (2010) (9’)

Ma, Shui-long (1939 –2015) (Not in the MSM Library catalog; see WorldCat.)

  • Suite Taiwan (I. The Temple II. Religious Procession III. Lion Dance) (1966) (10’)
  • (E) Piano Pieces on Chinese Folk Tunes for Children (1983)

Sheng, Bright (b.1955)

  • My Song (I. 1/8 note = 54 II. 1/4 note = 66-72 III. 1/4 note = 112 IV. Nostalgia (1989) (13’)

Tan, Dun (b.1957, Changsha, USA)

  • 8 Memories in Watercolor, Op. 1 (I. Missing Moon II. Staccato Beans III. Herdboy's Song IV. Blue Nun V. Red Wilderness VI. Ancient Burial VII. Floating Clouds VIII. Sunrain) (1978, rev. 2002) (15’)
  • Dew Fall Drops (2000) (8’)

Wang, Chien-chung (= Wang, Jianzhong (1933–2016)

  • Works based on folk tunes

Yi, Chen (b.1953)

  • Duo Ye (1984) (6’33”)
  • Ba Ban (1999) (6’)
  • Ji-Dong-Nuo (2005) (3’30”)
  • Northern Scenes (2013) (7’)

JAPAN

Ifukube, Akira (1914-2006)

  • Piano Suite (I. Bon-Odori (Bon Festival dance) II. Tanabata (The Seventh Night of July) III. Nagashi (Japanese Street Performer) IV. Nebuta (Nebuta Festival) (1933) (18’)

Nakada Yoshinao (1923-2000)

  • (E) Selections from Japanese Festival: ex. Etude Allegro; A Story in My Dream; The Song of Twilight, Variational Etude

Takemitsu Tōru (1930-1996)

  • Romance (1948-49) (4’20”)
  • Litany—in Memory of Michael Vyner (1950/89) (I. Adagio II. Lento misterioso) (9’50”)
  • Uninterrupted Rest (1952-59) (I. Slowly, Sadly and as if to Converse with II. Quietly and with a Cruel Reverberation III. A Song of Love) (6’20”)
  • Piano Distance (1961) (5’)
  • For Away (1973) (6’)
  • (E) Piano Pieces for Children (1978) (I. Breeze II. Clouds) (2’)
  • Les yeux clos—in Memory of Shuzo Takiguchi (1979) (6’)
  • Rain Tree Sketch (1982) (4’30”)
  • Les yeux clos II (1988) (8’)
  • Rain Tree Sketch II—in Memoriam Olivier Messiaen (1992) (3’20”)

Taki, Rentarō (1879-1903)

  • Two Piano Pieces (I. Menuetto II. Urami (Grudge))

Kiyose, Yasuji (1900-1981)

  • (E) Four Preludes
  • (E) Ryūkyū Dances (1936) (I. Andante II. Lento: 2:02 III. Andante) (6’30”)
  • (E) Piano Compositions No. 2 (I. Andantino II. Cradle Song III. Burlesque IV. My secret melody V. An Impression VI. On the lake VII. Étude (1937-40)

Yoshimatsu, Takashi (b.1953)

  • Tender Toys I (1972)
  • Tender Toys II (1974)
  • To the Companion Star of Sirius, Op. 1 (1974)
  • Regulus Circuit, Op. 7 (1979)
  • Tender Toys III (1983 / 85)
  • Pleiades Dances I, Op. 27 (1986)
  • Pleiades Dances II, Op. 28 (1987)
  • Pleiades Dances III, Op. 35 (1988)
  • Pleiades Dances IV, Op. 50 (1992)
  • Pleiades Dances V, Op. 51 (1992)
  • 2 Romances for Piano (1996)
  • 4 Little Dream Songs for Piano (1997)
  • "Piano Folio ... To a Disappeared Pleiad for Piano (1997)
  • Pleiades Dances VI, Op. 71 (1998)
  • Pleiades Dances VII, Op. 76 (1999)
  • Pleiades Dances VIII, Op. 78a (1999)
  • Pleiades Dances IX, Op. 85 (2001)
  • Pianissimo ... piano transcriptions (2004)
  • Tapiola Visions (for the left hand), Op. 92 (2004)
  • Ainola Lyrical Ballads (for the left hand), Op. 95 (2006)
  • Gauche Dances (for the left hand), Op. 96 (2006)
  • 6 vignettes, Op. 105 (2008)

KOREA

Chin, Unsuk (b.1961)

  • Piano Concerto (1997) (25’)
  • 6 Piano Etudes (I. In C II. Sequenzen III. Scherzo ad libitum IV. Scalen V. Toccata VI. Grains) (1999-2000)
  • Double Piano for Piano, Percussion and Ensemble (2002) (21’)

Seo, Juri (b.1981) (No scores in the MSM Library catalog; see WorldCat.)

  • Prelude in C (2016) (2’)
  • Doremi Variations (2015) (6’30”)
  • Piano Sonata No. 1 “La Hammerklavier” (2015-16) (30’)
  • (E) Pianori for Children piano four-hands (2017) (12’)
  • (E) Three Mini Etudes (2011) (5’)

Yun, Isang (1917-1995)

  • 5 Pieces for Piano (1958) (6’30”)
  • Interludium A (1982) (11’)
  • Shao Yang Yin (1966) (7’)