Tan Dun (1957)

Nine Songs (1989)

for twenty performer singers and ensemble


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1989
    • Video, installation (detail, author): Chorégraphie de Yoshiko Chuma.
    • Duration: 1 h 30 mn
    • Publisher: Schirmer
    • Libretto (details, author):

      Texte du compositeur d'après des poèmes de Qu Yuan.

Detailed formation
  • sheng - sho - mouth organ [Sheng, appellation chinoise] , 3 percussionists, guzheng, pipa, 2 double basses

Premiere information

  • Date: 12 May 1989
    Location:

    New York, Pace Downtown Theatre.