CHINE MUSIQUE DE FUSHIEN
Musiques de l'Asie traditionnelle vol. 19
CHINA MUSIC OF FUJIAN
Music of traditional Asia vol. 19
Playa Sound, ?, PS 33524
This album was also part of the CBS catalogue with the year 1973 mentionned. Playa Sound is said to have been founded in 1974. So this copy might be a reedition.
The recordings were made by Hubert de Frayssaix and the text in French was written by Georges Wên.
Side A is about the style called ''nanguan'' which originates from the Fujian province and is practised also in Taiwan off the coast of Fujian. Nanguan (''flute from the South'') is well documented in France with several compact discs published by Ocora Radio France. Let's say that it came from the area of Amoy the main harbour and might be the local version of court music going back to the Tang or Ming dynasties. It is not performed by professional musicians but by entlighted amateurs.
On the contrary the genre ''chao-chou'' (chaozhou) on side B is less documented; G. Wen says that this music was recorded for a foreign audience for the first time. Chaozhou is a city in the Guandong province at the border with Fujian. This instrumental music is performed on string instruments mainly like the lute pipa, or the zither yangqin. This side B is highly enjoyable.
Unfortunately the musicians and singer are anonymous.
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