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Materials on Peking Opera Introduction to P.O. using 霸王別姫 P.O. Works in the West-Untitled folder, 1983, 1987, 1989, 1994, undated

 File — Box: 73, Folder: 18
Identifier: 0039_PER_Pian_Series_1_Subseries_73_Folder_18
-Materials enclosed by 1 folded sheet. "Usable for Masters". Includes:

 1) A Synopsis of Bah Wang Bye Ji 霸王別姬 ("The King's Farewell to His Favorite" A Peking Opera). Typescript (photocopy) with handwritten markings. Pages 1-13. "CHINOPERL Papers No.12, 1983.". With duplicate copies (Note 2)

 2) Notes to Transcription. Typescript (photocopy). "I wish to thank Bell Yung for his numerous corrections and suggestions in the process of preparing this transcription.". With duplicate copies

-Materials enclosed by 1 folded sheet. "Copy1. Slightly reduced". Includes:

 1) A Synopsis of Bah Wang Bye Ji 霸王別姬 ("The King's Farewell to His Favorite" A Peking Opera). Typescript (photocopy) with handwritten markings. Pages 1-14. "CHINOPERL Papers No.12, 1983." (Note 2)

-Materials enclosed by 1 folded sheet. "old 零頭 extras. Some Master". Includes:

 1) A Synopsis of Bah Wang Bye Ji 霸王別姬 ("The King's Farewell to His Favorite" A Peking Opera). Typescript (photocopy) with handwritten notes. Pages 1-3, 5-6. "Recording M-107", "Revised Version Sent to Shadick" (Note 2)

 2) Note to the Bah Wang Bye Ji Synopsis. 2 sheets. Typescript with handwritten notes. Pages 10-11

-A Synopsis of Bah Wang Bye Ji 霸王別姬 ("The King's Farewell to His Favorite" A Peking Opera). Typescript (photocopy) with handwritten markings. Pages 1-14. "CHINOPERL Papers No.12, 1983." (Note 2)

-The Peking Opera, The King's Farewell. Typescript with handwritten notes (photocopy)

-Glossary of terms. Typescript with handwritten notes (photocopy)

-Structure of the scenes. (Example from The King's Farewell). Typescript with handwritten notes (photocopy)

-Materials enclosed by 1 folded sheet. Includes:

 1) Excerpts from the opera, The King's Farewell. 2 scores (1 sheet). Holograph (photocopy). 5-line staff notation with lyrics in Romanized text, Chinese, and English translation. Two separate scores are pasted on 1 sheet (Note 2)

- A Synopsis of Bah Wang Bye Ji 霸王別姬 ("The King's Farewell to His Favorite" A Peking Opera). 6 sheets. Typescript (photocopy). Pages 1-12. With duplicate copies (Note 2)

-Videotaping Peking Opera. 2 sheets. Typescript (photocopy) with handwritten notes. "Scene of P.O. performance in New York", "request in 1971", "133", "2"

-1 sheet. Typescript with handwritten corrections. "5". Notes on Peking Opera

-The Peking Opear and its public. 1 sheet. Typescript

-The Peking Opera and its public. 4 sheets. Typescript with handwritten corrections. Pages 1-4

-P.O. Arias. 1 sheet. Holograph. Notes

-1 folded sheet. "調式,調高,支聲"

-Materials enclosed by 1 folded sheet. "Rutgers Letters". Includes:

-Letter from Rulan Chao Pian to Tu Ching-I. March 12, 1987. Typescript, signed (carbon copy). On the title of the paper and the planning of the talk

 2) Letter from Tu Ching-I (涂經詒) to Rulan Chao Pian. March 4, 1987. Typescript, signed, with handwritten notes. On the tour to visit Rutgers-New Brunswick and details of the lecture on Chinese music (Note 2). Accompanied by 1 map. Rutgers-New Brunswick, College Art Campus. 1 sheet. Photocopy with handwritten markings (Note 2)

-Materials enclosed by 1 folded sheet. Includes:

 1) A Synopsis of Bah Wang Bye Ji 霸王別姬 ("The King's Farewell to His Favorite" A Peking Opera). Typescript (photocopy) with handwritten markings. Pages 1-12. "P.3, 13. 7" (Note 2)

-The Peking Opera, The King's Farewell. Typescript with handwritten notes (photocopy). Tab title: 霸王別姬

-趙如蘭致盧先生信函。1989.9 月 3 日。手稿(影印本)。感謝答應「全國民族音樂學會」節目的邀請,並邀請來賓在家中作客一晚,以及商討示範京戲中的音樂成份

-Letter from Rulan Chao Pian to Peter D. Lu. Sept 3, 1989. Typescript, signed (photocopy). On the confirmation and details of the coming performance by the Peking Opera Club at Harvard

-Letter from Rulan C. Pian to Stephen Erdely or Peter Rowe or Jeff Titon or whoever is responsible for the final form of the program. 9/3/89. Typescript, signed (photocopy). On the time and wordings of the final announcement and the time of the Seeger lecture

-Peter Lu 致趙教授信函。9/22/89。手稿。談國劇演出的名單,並答應在趙教授家打擾一宵 (Note 2)

-趙如蘭致盧先生信函。10 月 24 日。手稿(碳紙副本)。談論演出當天的時間安排、介紹霸王別姬中之音樂成份的例子。有手寫筆記。Accompanied by: Shianq Yeu speaks to the accopaniment of the percussion pattern. 1 sheet. Typescript (photocopy) (Note 2)

-8 sheets. Typescript with handwritten corrections (photocopy). Pages [1]-2, 4-9. Notes on Peking Opera

-Materials enclosed by 1 folded sheet. "P.O. 老稿子". Includes:

 1) 1 sheet. Typescript (photocopy) with handwritten notes

 2) 鑼鼓。手稿。3 sheets are sticked together

 3) 1 folded sheet. "Master. Full size. 最清楚"

 4) 1 sheet. Typescript (photocopy) with handwritten notes. "2", "3"

 5) Typescript (photocopy) with handwritten notes. "13". 3 sheets are sticked together

 6) 3 sheets. Typescript (photocopy) with handwritten notes. "3-4", "11", "12"

 7) Some Musical Elements in the Peking Opera. Holograph. Pages 1-2, 4. "H.K. 1994.4."

Dates

  • 1983, 1987, 1989, 1994, undated

Language of Materials

Chiefly in English

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1 file(s)

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Repository Details

Part of the CUHK Library Archival Collections Repository

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