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Meng Jiangnu — 孟姜女 (1928)
Chinese folk song · melody · 1928 melody · 8 bars
The complete eight-bar upper melody of Meng Jiangnu in T. Z. Koo’s 1928 collection. This is the historical version. Keyboard harmony, lyrics, dynamics, breath marks and the Legato instruction are omitted; no new harmony is added. The playback tempo is editorial.
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The complete eight-bar upper melody of Meng Jiangnu in T. Z. Koo’s 1928 collection. This is the historical version. Keyboard harmony, lyrics, dynamics, breath marks and the Legato instruction are omitted; no new harmony is added. The playback tempo is editorial.
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Wikimedia Commons marks the National Library of China scan of this 1928 edition PD-China / PD-scan. Only its traditional melody is transcribed; no modern arrangement or recording is used. Preview cropped from the credited scan.
National Library of China / Wikimedia Commons · Songs of the People, no. 19, p. 28