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Film, Video Traditional Chinese Zheng Music from Florida

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Transcript: TEXT

About this Item

Title

  • Traditional Chinese Zheng Music from Florida

Summary

  • Ann Yao plays the zheng, a long, horizontal plucked zither that is one the most ancient musical instruments in China. She is joined in this performance by Wang Guowei playing the erhu, a two-stringed fiddle, and by Chen Yihan, playing the pipa, a pear-shaped lute.

Names

  • American Folklife Center, sponsoring body
  • Library of Congress

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2011-07-27.

Headings

  • -  Culture, Folklife
  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Performing Arts, Music

Notes

  • -  Classification: Music and Books on Music.
  • -  Ann Yao.
  • -  Recorded on 2011-07-27.
  • -  Kids, Families.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688715

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

American Folklife Center, Sponsoring Body, and Library Of Congress. Traditional Chinese Zheng Music from Florida. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-27, 2011. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688715/.

APA citation style:

American Folklife Center, S. B. & Library Of Congress. (2011) Traditional Chinese Zheng Music from Florida. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-27. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688715/.

MLA citation style:

American Folklife Center, Sponsoring Body, and Library Of Congress. Traditional Chinese Zheng Music from Florida. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -07-27, 2011. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688715/>.