The Sounds of the Tang Poetry: Transcultural Performance - Li Bai in Nashville: An American Singing Tang Poems

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How to Read Chinese Poetry Podcast

Zong-qi Cai, Lingnan University

58 episodes

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This podcast presents cutting-edge scholarship on Chinese poetry to a broad general audience. In its 52 episodes, leading experts guide listeners through a pleasurable journey of Chinese poetry, poem by poem, genre by genre, and dynasty by dynasty. They demonstrate how the selected poems work in Chinese to create a fascinating, untranslatable poetic beauty while illuminating their broader cultural significance. Poems are read aloud in English and Chinese to the background of the Chinese qin music. English translations, romanizations, and brief notes are provided at howtoreadchinesepoetry.com.

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The Sounds of the Tang Poetry: Transcultural Performance - Li Bai in Nashville: An American Singing Tang Poems

How to Read Chinese Poetry Podcast

27 minutes 48 seconds

2 years ago

The Sounds of the Tang Poetry: Transcultural Performance - Li Bai in Nashville: An American Singing Tang Poems

This podcast you are listening to is the soundtrack of the 8th episode of HOW TO READ CHINESE POETRY VIDEOS.

Andrew Merritt writes new songs inspired by Tang poems, adopting the style of American country and folk music. In this episode, the songwriter shares his love for the poems, opens a window to his songwriting process, and plays three songs from his album of "Twang Dynasty" songs.

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