by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762)
旧苑荒台杨柳新，/ 菱歌清唱不胜春。
Language: Chinese (中文)
旧苑荒台杨柳新， 菱歌清唱不胜春。 只今惟有西江月， 曾照吴王宫里人。
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Text Authorship:
- by Li-Tai-Po (701 - 762), "苏台览古" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin (1899 - 1977), as Alexander Tcherepnin, "西江月 = West River Moon", op. 95 no. 6 (1962) [ voice and piano ], from Chinese Songs, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Shigeyoshi Obata (1888 - 1971) , first published 1922 ; composed by Constant Lambert.
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