Songs of the Naxi of Southwest China

by He Jinhua

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1.	Keel lee lal bee (Threshing Song) - 打谷调 03:16	buy track
2.	Xiq dvq bee (Transplanting Song) - 栽秧调 [Version 1] 04:49	buy track
3.	Mil bvl bee (Wedding Song) - 嫁女调 04:20	buy track
4.	Ceeli Ceemu (Tsheli Tshemu) - 次哩次姆 03:01	buy track
5.	Gguqqil / We muf ddaq - 谷气和默达调 04:02	buy track
6.	Bberdder gguqqil (Gguqqil song from Sanba) - 三坝谷气 04:14	buy track
7.	Labeq gguqqil (Gguqqil song from Labeq) - 拉伯谷气 [Version 1 ] 04:24	buy track
8.	Ee leeq bee (Ploughing Song) - 犁牛调 03:32	buy track
9.	Ree bee (Drinking Song) - 酒歌 06:05	buy track
10.	Ggv zzeeq mil bvl bee (Tibetan Marriage Lament) - 出嫁以后想妈妈 02:53	buy track
11.	Yuleiq bee, Ji zzoq zol (Songs from Yongning and Eya) - 永宁调、饿亚搭云桥调 03:08	buy track
12.	Ail jiuq bbv ddaq pil (Dawn Lament) - 鸡鸣哭祭 03:38	buy track
13.	Saiseeq jjiq / A lil lil jiq perq (Saiseeq jjiq / Beautiful White Clouds) - 三思吉、美丽的白云 04:17	buy track
14.	Oq mei leeq bee (Song of the Spirit of the Grain) - 谷神调 02:47	buy track
15.	Kail guegueq (Plucked jaw harp) - 弹口弦 01:59	buy track
16.	Daiq guegueq (String-activated jaw harp) - 拉口弦 01:58	buy track
17.	Hei meil zeeq bbvq nee gua guaq (Meeting by Moonlight) - 月下相约 03:43	buy track
18.	He Jinhua and Daniel Ho - Xiq dvq bee (Transplanting Song) - 栽秧调 [Version 2] 04:56	buy track
19.	He Jinhua, Daniel Ho, and Helen Rees - Labeq gguqqil (Gguqqil song from Labeq) - 拉伯谷气 [Version 2] 04:32	buy track
20.	Nge nee niruq shel (Self-introduction) - 自述 01:22	buy track

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Sung with grace and conviction, the renditions of Naxi folksongs by He Jinhua on Songs of the Naxi of Southwest China offer a glimpse at a tradition rarely heard outside its homeland. These songs are full of references to snow-clad mountains, rushing rivers, spring flowers, and the profusion of local wildlife in the Naxi heartland of northwest Yunnan province, tableaus that are reflected in the lilting verse in which they’re sung. On this first collection of Naxi folksongs released outside of China, He presents songs she has learned since childhood from relatives, farmers, colleagues, and field collectors all over the region, as well as pieces for jaw harp and two collaborations with Grammy-winning composer Daniel Ho.

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released March 11, 2022

Produced by Helen Rees
Recorded by Stuart Schenk
Mastered by Pete Reiniger (tracks 1–17, 20), and Daniel Ho (tracks 18 and 19)
Translations by He Jinhua, Yang Fuquan 杨福泉, He Hong 和弘, Helen Rees
Liner notes by He Jinhua, Yang Fuquan, Helen Rees
Photos by Helen Rees
Map by Inne Choi
Executive producers: Daniel E. Sheehy and John Smith
Production manager: Mary Monseur
Production assistant: Kate Harrington
Editorial assistance by Carla Borden
Art direction, design and layout by Caroline Gut

These recordings were made 9–16 November 2018 and 7 February 2019. Photographs were taken in March 2007, March 2009, November 2018, and March 2019.

The recordings were made at the The Evelyn and Mo Ostin Music Center at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, directed by Luis F. Henao. We wish to thank the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music for allowing free use of this facility. We also gratefully acknowledge financial support for this CD project from the UCLA Confucius Institute, directed by Susan Pertel Jain, and the Council on Research of the UCLA Academic Senate.

Finally, we thank He Jinhua’s family (He Guoxiu和国秀, Yang Ruxiu杨汝秀, He Jinhua和金华, He Defen和德芬, He Jin’gao和金高, He Guangyu和光玉, He Yubao 和玉宝, He Jinlong和金龙, Lamu拉姆, and He Hong 和弘), Da Lin, Lydia Miyashiro (Daniel Ho Creations), Charles F. McKhann (Whitman College), Mark Kligman (Chair, UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology), and Mei-Chen Chen and Heidi Xiaorong Yuan (UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology graduate students) for their support.

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