Liu Tianhua
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- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Liu (劉).
Liu Tianhua or Liu T'ien-hua, Pinyin: Liú Tiānhuá, (刘天华 or 劉天華; b. Jiangyin, Jiangsu, China, 1895; d. 1932) was a Chinese musician and a composer best known for his reformative work for the erhu (Chinese two-string fiddle).
Students of Liu who continued to contribute to the development of the erhu include Jiang Fengzhi and Chen Zhenduo.
[edit] Compositions for erhu
- Bing zhong yin 1918 (病中吟) (recitation of ill-being)
- Yue ye (Yuèyè) (月夜) 1924 (moon night)
- Kǔ mèn zhī ōu (苦闷之讴) 1926 (song of depression)
- Bei ge (悲歌) 1927 (sad song)
- Liang Xiao (良宵) 1928 (beautiful evening)
- Xian ju yin (闲居吟) 1928 (recitation of leisure)
- Kong shan niao yu (空山鸟语) 1928 (empty mountains bird song)
- Guang ming xing (光明行) 1931 (towards the brightness)
- Du xian cao (独弦操) 1932 (exercise on a single string)
- Zhu ying yao hong (烛影摇红) 1932 (shadows of candles flickering red)
Studies for Erhu No 1 - 47
[edit] Compositions for pipa
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