Chinese Pipa Music - Wan Yeung - The Unarming Conqueror

The Unarming Conqueror performed by Wan Yeung
at Bowers Museum on November 26th, 2011
For more information, please visit my website : www.wanyeung.com


《霸王卸甲》
古曲《霸王卸甲》乃琵琶武曲的代表作。公元前二零二年的楚漢相爭以西楚霸王項羽的失敗並自刎烏江而告結束。但是，項羽那"生當作人傑，死亦為鬼雄"的英雄氣節卻名垂千古。­樂曲以悲壯的音調和富於棱角的音型，塑造了一位在失敗面前寧死不屈的帶有悲劇色彩的英雄形象。

The Unarming Conqueror
The Unarming Conqueror is a well-known pipa martial tune that depicts the defeat of XiangYu the Conqueror (202B.C.E.) at Gaixia. The sections are programmatically arranged to tell the story based on a historic battle fought between the Chu and Han Forces that took place in 202 B.C.E. from the Chu's point of view. The Chu army was taken in ambush by the Han army. As Chu soldiers fled the battlefield, XiangYu's concubine Yu Ji committed suicide in an attempt to reduce his burden. Shamed by his defeat, XiangYu subsequently committed suicide by the Wujiang River.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Pipa
• China
• Chinese
• music
• guitar
• lute
• Hong
• Kong
• Wan
• Yeung
• UCI
• classical
• instrument
• instrumental

[buddhistarmy]

great to see and hear!