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216: 288: 563:中國婦女傳記詞典 - Lily Xiao Hong Lee, A. D. Stefanowska, Sue Wiles - 2003 Page 716-"Outstanding also are the two songs performed in the film by Zhou Xuan: “Four Seasons” (Siji ge) and “Songstress at the End of the World” (Tianya genü), with lyrics by Tian Han. These beautiful songs were extremely popular at the time and ... 265:" has been translated in various English sources as "The Wandering Songstress", "Singing Girl", "The Songstress of the World", "The Wandering Singer", "Singer at the Sky Edge", and "Singing Girl at the Edge of the World". The varying translations came from the different possible readings of the song title. " 338:
found two urban folk ballads from Suzhou he wanted to use on the film, "Crying on the Seventh Seven Day Cycle" (哭七七) and "One Who Knows Me Well" (知心客), which He Luting then adapted to become "Song of the Four Season" (四季歌) and "The Wandering Songstress" respectively. The songs were arranged according
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Historical Dictionary of Modern Chinese Literature -Li-hua Ying - 2009 Page 153 "Tianya genu' (A Female Street Singer), Qingming shijie (At the Qingming Festival ), Xin taohua shan (A New Version of the Peach-Blossom Fan), and Yehuo chunfeng (Blustery Wind and Wildfire in Spring) are among his most
898:(1903—1999), head of Shanghai Conservatory of Music since 1949, first achieved fame in the movie industry by composing the sound track and arranging the accompaniment for Zhou Xuan's (1919—1957) evergreen Tianya genu' ... 277:) literally means "sky horizon" that carries the meaning of "at the end of the world", but within the context of the song it also has the figurative meanings of "separation by a long distance" from the phrase " 281:" (天涯海角, "ends of the world", used in a Tang dynasty poem that describes someone wandering looking for a person far away), which is part of the lyrics that describe someone seeking to find her intended. 762:
A Critical History of New Music in China - Page 256 Jingzhi Liu - 2010 ".. duets and rounds, including the famous Siji ge , Tianya genü , Qiushui yiren , Jialing jiang shang , Pusa man , ...
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YAndrew F. Jones ellow Music: Media Culture and Colonial Modernity - 2001 - Page 134 "Indeed, Zhou Xuan's two musical sequences in the film,
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ballad. According to He, the recording was done quickly as Zhou Xuan grasped the idea of how the song should be performed very quickly.
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Rojas, Carlos; Chow, Eileen, eds. (2013). "A marriage of convenience: Musical moments in Chinese movies".
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Note: From Southern dynasty writer Xu Ling: "天涯藐藐,地角悠悠了,阴谋诡计 面无由,但以情企。" Used in a Tang Dynasty poem by
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from the 30s and 40s, and has been described as a song that has "a lingering fame" in China like "
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Yau Shuk-Ting Kinnia - East Asian Cinema and Cultural Heritage: From China, Hong Kong 2011 "
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in the United States. The song has also been described as "a classic Chinese love song".
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A short excerpt from the song "The Wandering Songstress" by Zhou Xuan.
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According to the composer He Luting, the director of the film
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The song has been covered by numerous singers, including
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with feelings of national awareness", while its use in
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Index

The Wandering Song
Girl Singing (Hals)
Song
Zhou Xuan
Genre
Shidaiqu
Composer(s)
He Luting
Lyricist(s)
Tian Han
Chinese
pinyin
Street Angel
Chinese
pinyin
He Luting
Suzhou
Tian Han
Zhou Xuan
Chinese popular songs
As Time Goes By
Casablanca

Zhou Xuan
Street Angel
Chinese
pinyin
Chinese
"The Wandering Songstress" (天涯歌女)
media help

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