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Gang Chen

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A key composing figure in contemporary China, Chen Gang (陈钢) was born in Shanghai in 1935. He first studied composition with his father Chen Ge Xin, followed by entry to the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 1955. In his final year of study at the Conservatory he wrote, together with He Zhan Hao, The Butterfly Lovers. The violin concerto became one of the most popular and best loved Chinese compositions ever, winning 5 Golden Record Prizes as well as a Platinum Record Prize.

Top songs

  1. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto
  2. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (arr. Gang Chen for piano and orchestra, edited by Jie Chen)
  3. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto : The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto
  4. "Wang Zhaojun" Violin Concerto
  5. Bells from the Temple
  6. The Hungry Horse Rattles His Bridle
  7. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto : Adagio Cantabile (Bar 1)
  8. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: Adagio Cantabile (bar 1) -
  9. 'The Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto
  10. Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto
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  1. Miaoling de zaochen (Miao Mountain Morning) (arr. Yi-Wen Jiang for string quartet)
  2. Flowing Water and Floating Clouds
  3. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: Allegro (bar 51) -
  4. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto : Adagio Assai Doloroso (Bar 244)
  5. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: Adagio Assai Doloroso (bar 244) -
  6. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto : Lagrimoso (Bar 446)
  7. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto : Allegro (Bar 51)
  8. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: Lagrimoso (bar 446) -
  9. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: Pesante (bar 291) - Piu Mosso - Duramente -
  10. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: Presto Resoluto (bar 468) -
  11. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (excerpt)
  12. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto : Pesante (Bar 291)- Piu Mosso - Duramente
  13. The Butterfly Lovers, Violin Concerto-I. Falling in Love
  14. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: Adagio Cantabile (bar 666)
  15. The Butterfly Lovers Erhu Concerto (Arr. For erhu and orchestra)
  16. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto : Adagio Cantabile (Bar 666)
  17. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto : Presto Resoluto (Bar 468)
  18. He Zhanhao / Chen Gang: Violin Concerto, "Butterfly Lovers": I. Falling in Love (Arr. for Guitar by Xuefei Yang)
  19. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (conclusion)
  20. Erquan Spring Reflecting The Moon
  21. He / Chen / Arr Yang: The Butterfly Lovers: I. Falling in Love
  22. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (Arr. G. Chen for Piano & Orchestra, Ed. J. Chen)
  23. Romance
  24. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: Adagio cantabile (bar 1)
  25. The Butterfly Lovers, Concerto for Violin: I. Adagio Cantabile
  26. Fantasy on a Xinjiang Folk Song
  27. Joy of Spring
  28. The Butterfly Lovers, Concerto for Violin: VII. Adagio Cantabile
  29. Sunshine on Taxkorgan (arr. Chen Gang, Chung Yiu-Kwong for soprano saxophone and Chinese orchestra)
  30. Miaoling de zaochen (Miao Mountain Morning) [arr. Yi-Wen Jiang for string quartet]
  31. The Butterfly Lovers, Concerto for Violin: II. Allegro
  32. Butterfly Lovers Concerto
  33. A Naughty Girl (English Version)
  34. The Butterfly Lovers, Concerto for Violin: III. Adagio Assai Doloroso
  35. Sunshine over Tashkurgan
  36. The Butterfly Lovers, Concerto for Violin: V. Lagrimoso
  37. 'The Butterfly Lovers' Erhu Concerto
  38. Lecture 26: Liquid, Brownian Motion, Forces and Potentials, Electrokinetics, Surface Tension
  39. Lecture 08: Reciprocal Lattice, X-ray
  40. The Butterfly Lovers, Concerto for Violin: VI. Presto Resoluto
  41. Lecture 1: Introduction
  42. The Butterfly Lovers
  43. The Butterfly Lovers, Concerto for Violin: IV. Pesante Piu mosso. Duramente
  44. Lecture 01: Introduction to Nanotechnology and Nanoscale Transport Phenomena; Microscopic Pictures of Heat Carriers
  45. Circle of Love (English Version)
  46. Do You Really Love Me? (English Version)
  47. Spring in Sinkiang
  48. Miao Mountain Morning
  49. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto : The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto - Excerpt
  50. Is This Love? (English Version)
  51. The Butterfly Lovers Zheng Concerto - Arr. Z. He
  52. A Naughty Girl (Chinese Version)
  53. In the North West Plain
  54. The Greeting from Afar
  55. Sunshine On Tashkurgan (Arr. Jing Yang for violin and orchestra)
  56. Fantasy on a Xinjiang Folk Song (orch. M. Kawai)
  57. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto : The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (excerpt)
  58. The Sun Shines on Taxkorgan (arr. Chen Yin for pipa and piano)
  59. The Past Has Become a Beautiful Memory (English Version)
  60. Singing the Night among the Fishing Boats
  61. Drum and Song
  62. Pastoral
  63. Lecture 03: Schrödinger EquationT
  64. Morning of the Miao Mountain
  65. Dagger Dance
  66. Miao Mountain Morning (Arr. for String Quartet by Yi-Wen Jiang)
  67. Street Musician
  68. The Butterfly Lovers Concerto
  69. He Zhanhao / Chen Gang: Violin Concerto, "Butterfly Lovers": I. Falling in Love (Arr. for Guitar by
  70. Drum & Song
  71. Lecture 02: Characteristic Time and Length, Simple Kinetic Theory, Characteristic
  72. Lecture 04: Quantum Wells, Harmonic Oscillators, Rigid Rotors, and Hydrogen Atoms
  73. Lecture 24: Classical Size Effects, Parallel Direction
  74. Your Eyes Have Told Me Everything (English Version)
  75. I Want It All as I Have Told You (English Version)
  76. Swing (English Version)
  77. Lecture 20: Ohm's Law and Thermoelectric Effect
  78. Lecture 25: Classical Size Effects, Perpendicular Direction
  79. Lecture 11: Effects of Nanostructures on Energy Storage, Energy Transfer by Waves, Electron Waves
  80. Lecture 10: Specific Heat of Molecules, Electrons, Phonons; Blackbody Radiation
  81. Lecture 23: Thermoelectric Effect
  82. Lecture 9: Solar concentration and solar thermal technology
  83. A Naughty Girl
  84. Swing (Chinese Version)
  85. Butterfly Lovers
  86. Your Eyes Have Told Me Everything
  87. Swing
  88. The Butterfly Lovers I. Adagio cantabile
  89. The Butterfly Lovers II. Allegro
  90. The Butterfly Lovers III. Adagio assai doloroso

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