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1884 / Chinese songs
Shi Wu Duo Hua — 十五朵花 (1884)
Chinese folk song · melody · 1884 staff notation · 44 bars
The complete 44-bar melody headed Yen-hua-liu hsiang in Chinese Music (1884), p. 42, also named Shih-wu t’o hua (Fifteen Bunches of Flowers) on p. 43. Four ties are retained. Lyrics and later stanzas are omitted; no accompaniment is added. The playback tempo is editorial.
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The complete 44-bar melody headed Yen-hua-liu hsiang in Chinese Music (1884), p. 42, also named Shih-wu t’o hua (Fifteen Bunches of Flowers) on p. 43. Four ties are retained. Lyrics and later stanzas are omitted; no accompaniment is added. The playback tempo is editorial.
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Source and rights
IMSLP marks the 1884 edition public domain; the Ohio State University Libraries scan on Internet Archive is marked CC0. Only its traditional melody is transcribed. No modern arrangement, accompaniment, recording or translated lyrics are used.
Ohio State University Libraries / Internet Archive · Chinese Music, p. 42–43