Chinese National Anthem - GangqinLaoshr

James Weinberg, instructor at Belmont Academy, performing an arrangement of Nie Er's Song of the Volunteers from 1932 in honor of 3 Chinese piano students moving away from Nashville. Clip was made by a student's father in the audience following our Spring 2007 Recital.

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[NationalAnthem100]

Thanks for your nice performance !

[jasarthur]

You are most welcome!

[Chenster24]

You know what? I think that this is a different, if not better interpretation of our national anthem. If the regular version is a call to arms to repel the invaders, this version by Mr. Weinberg sounded like a mother telling her children tearfully about her harrowing experiences at the hands of the invaders and telling them to defend her in the future. Very unique perspective. Well done

[jasarthur]

Thank you (Xie xie) Chenster. You got what I was intending to do.

[diuleeseafood]

you have completely ruined our national anthem, our national anthem is the most powerful anthem in this world and you made it sound like a funeral song. you got to apologize or 1.3 billion people will boycott you or even sue you.

[jasarthur]

Diu Lee--I'm sorry you didn't like my version. I listened to many recordings and studied the words before making my own arrangement. I am aware of the historical meaning of the anthem, and believe it is best represented by a military band. But my idea was to present a more expressive (less march-like) version for the piano. I was sincere and apologize to you and any people from Zhong Guo who were offended.

[MorningCalm4321]

I disagree that it sounded like a funeral song although it is true he misinterpreted how this should be played. I think it can happen to anyone especially when playing foreign anthems.

[KiraYamato636]

@jasarthur btw sry i looked wrong, it was diulee, not you im sry for posting wrong name!