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Reunion at Rouge Alley 胭脂巷口故人来 Yan Zhi Xiang Kou Gu Ren Lai
File — Box: 2, Folder: 42
Identifier: 2009.015.182
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Reunion at Rouge Alley 胭脂巷口故人来 Yan Zhi Xiang Kou Gu Ren Lai. The story tells that in order to win favor of the emperor, Zuo Kouyu, director of the Music Conservatory, forces songstresses from Rouge Alley to go to the imperial palace, often against their own will. Zuo attempts to force a renowned and coveted songstress, Zhuqing, to marry him, but she resists and gets beaten. Determined to report Zuo’s misconduct to the prime minister, musician Shen Tongxuan and Zhuqing risk trespassing into...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Reunion at Rouge Alley 胭脂巷口故人来-孤雁再还巢（生）Yan Zhi Xiang Kou Gu Ren Lai-Gu Yan Zai Huan Chao (Sheng)
File — Box: 2, Folder: 43
Identifier: 2009.015.183
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Reunion at Rouge Alley 胭脂巷口故人来-孤雁再还巢（生）Yan Zhi Xiang Kou Gu Ren Lai-Gu Yan Zai Huan Chao (Sheng) All music manuscripts were stamped by 莲花曲艺社 Lotus Art Club of Singing. The story tells that in order to win favor of the emperor, Zuo Kouyu, director of the Music Conservatory, forces songstresses from Rouge Alley to go to the imperial palace, often against their own will. Zuo attempts to force a renowned and coveted songstress, Zhuqing, to marry him, but she resists and gets beaten. Determined...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Emperor Tang Xuanzong and Concubine Yang Guifei-Meet in Dreams 唐明皇与杨贵妃-梦会 Tang Ming Huang Yu Yang Gui Fei-Meng Hui
File — Box: 2, Folder: 44
Identifier: 2009.15.184
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Emperor Tang Xuanzong and Concubine Yang Guifei-Meet in Dreams 唐明皇与杨贵妃-梦会 Tang Ming Huang Yu Yang Gui Fei-Meng Hui. All music manuscripts were stamped by 莲花曲艺社 Lotus Art Club of Singing. The story tells the love between Emperor Xuanzong and Concubine Yang, who was his beloved consort during his later years. During the An Lushan Rebellion, as Emperor Xuanzong and his cortege were fleeing from the capital Chang'an to Chengdu, the emperor's guards demanded that he put Yang to death because...
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Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Emperor Tang Xuanzong and Concubine Yang Guifei-Palace of Eternal Life 唐明皇与杨贵妃-长生殿 Tang Ming Huang Yu Yang Gui Fei-Chang Sheng Dian
File — Box: 2, Folder: 45
Identifier: 2009.015.185
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Emperor Tang Xuanzong and Concubine Yang Guifei-Palace of Eternal Life 唐明皇与杨贵妃-长生殿 Tang Ming Huang Yu Yang Gui Fei-Chang Sheng Dian. All music manuscripts were stamped by All music manuscripts were stamped by 莲花曲艺社 Lotus Art Club of Singing. The story tells Emperor Xuanzong and Concubine Yang, who was his beloved consort during his later years, expressed their love to each other at the Palace of Eternal Life. However, during the An Lushan Rebellion, as Emperor Xuanzong and his cortege were...
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Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Yan Long Han Shui Yue Long Sha 烟笼寒水月笼纱 Yan Long Han Shui Yue Long Sha
File — Box: 2, Folder: 46
Identifier: 2009.015.186
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Yan Long Han Shui Yue Long Sha 烟笼寒水月笼纱 Yan Long Han Shui Yue Long Sha. All music manuscripts were stamped by 曲艺苑 Arts and Performance Center. The opera's plot orginally comes from a poem by Tu Mu who was a leading Chinese poet of the late Tang dynasty. The poet uses Chen Shubao who was the last emperor of the Chinese Chen Dynasty to express his sadness toward the conquered Chen dynasty.
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Majority of material found in 1996-2009
The Ten-Year Dream 隋宫十载菱花梦 Sui Gong Shi Zai Ling Hua Meng
File — Box: 2, Folder: 47
Identifier: 2009.015.187
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The Ten-Year Dream 隋宫十载菱花梦 Sui Gong Shi Zai Ling Hua Meng. All music manuscripts were stamped by 曲艺苑 Arts and Performance Center. The story tells that General Yang Yue of the SuiDynasty leads his troops against the state of Chen and kills the king during the battle. Tradition demands the ritual extermination of the royal family, with the execution of the family members and the burning of their genealogy. The king’s sister, Princess Lechang, devises a plan with her husband, Xu Deyan,for the...
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Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Gao Junbao, a Spy in the Fort 高君保私探营房 Gao Jun Bao Si Tan Ying Fang
File — Box: 2, Folder: 48
Identifier: 2009.015.188
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Gao Junbao, a Spy in the Fort 高君保私探营房 Gao Jun Bao Si Tan Ying Fang. The story tells that in the early years of his reign, Zhao Kuanyin, the founding emperor of the Song dynasty, encounters many obstacles in his quest to conquer Nantang (Southern Tang), even being lured into a trap by Li Yu (aka Li Houzhu), the lat ruler of Nantang, who tricks the emperor into believing that he has surrendered by presenting his castle. Fortunately, Zhao is saved by his nephew Gao Junbao, nicknamed “Young...
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Majority of material found in 1996-2009
The Sounds of Battle 雷鸣金鼓战笳声 Lei Ming Jin Gu Zhan Jia Sheng
File — Box: 2, Folder: 49
Identifier: 2009.015.189
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The Sounds of Battle 雷鸣金鼓战笳声 Lei Ming Jin Gu Zhan Jia Sheng. All music manuscripts were stamped by 曲艺苑 Arts and Performance Center. The story tells that the states of Qin and Zhao are close allies during the Period of the Warring States. The state of Qi launches an attack against Zhao,taking advantage of the recent death of the king and his young successor. King Zhuang of Qin has his beloved concubine Luoxia negotiate with Princess Regent Cuibi from Zhao over borrowing troops; Qin proposes...
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Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Zhang Xun Killing Concubine for the Army 张巡杀妾犒三军 Zhang Xun Sha Qie Kao San Jun
File — Box: 2, Folder: 50
Identifier: 2009.015.190
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Zhang Xun Killing Concubine for the Army 张巡杀妾犒三军 Zhang Xun Sha Qie Kao San Jun. The story happens during the Battle of Suiyang, which was a battle in Suiyang during the An Shi Rebellion between the rebel An Lushan’s Yan army and the loyalist forces of the Chinese Tang army led by Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan. Yin Ziqi had besieged the city Suiyang for a long time. The food in the city had run out. The dwellers traded their children to eat and cooked bodies of the dead. Fears were spread and worse...
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Majority of material found in 1996-2009
Yun Yu Wu Shan Wang Duan Chang (Sheng) 云雨巫山枉断肠（生）Yun Yu Wu Shan Wang Duan Chang (Sheng)
File — Box: 2, Folder: 51
Identifier: 2009.015.191
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Yun Yu Wu Shan Wang Duan Chang (Sheng) 云雨巫山枉断肠（生）Yun Yu Wu Shan Wang Duan Chang (Sheng) The story was originally comes from a poem by LiBai. He was a Chinese poet acclaimed from his own day to the present as a genius and a romantic figure who took traditional poetic forms to new heights. The poem praise concubine Yang's beauty who was known as one of the Four Beauties of ancient China. She was the beloved consort of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang during his later years.
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1996-2009