Half Moon Rising offers a broad range of mixed voice choirs an informed and fascinating introduction to the performance of Chinese choral music. The collection includes a representative and contrasting selection of works from the past century folksong arrangements; pieces mixing traditional Chinese and Western Romantic styles; and contemporary settings of ancient poetry a broad range of styles and dialects, illustrating the region's rich diversity, all presented with the transliterated original text to help conductors and singers: each piece includes a poetic English translation below the staves and an introduction containing information on the composer or arranger, the folksong and text, performance notes, and a literal English translation the collection also includes a historical introduction to the repertoire and a Mandarin pronunciation table Free supporting online resources provide: detailed written and aural pronunciation guides for each piece recordings of performances of individual works simplified piano accompaniments for selected pieces.

ISBN 99790577009087

Published: April 15, 2015 by Edition Peters (244 pages)