Chou Wen-chung
Chinese American composer
Chou Wen-chung (Chinese: 周文中; pinyin: Zhōu Wénzhōng; July 28, 1923 – October 25, 2019) was a Chinese American composer of contemporary classical music. He emigrated in 1946 to the United States and received his music training at the New England Conservatory and Columbia University. Chou is credited by Nicolas Slonimsky as one of the first Chinese composers who attempted to translate authentic East Asian melo-rhythms into the terms of modern Western music.
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Works
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- Cursive
- Eternal Pine I
- Eternal Pine II
- Eternal Pine III “Sizhu Eternal Pine”
- Ode to Eternal Pine
- Pien
- String Quartet no. 1 “Clouds”
- String Quartet no. 1 “Clouds”: I. Andante con moto
- String Quartet no. 1 “Clouds”: II. Leggierezza
- String Quartet no. 1 “Clouds”: III. Larghetto nostalgico
- String Quartet no. 1 “Clouds”: IV. Presto con fuoco
- String Quartet no. 1 “Clouds”: V. Andante con moto
- String Quartet no. 2 "Streams"
- String Quartet no. 2 "Streams": I. Introduction & Fugue (Contrapunctus Variabilis I)
- String Quartet no. 2 "Streams": II. Zhaohun (Contrapunctus Variabilis II)
- String Quartet no. 2 "Streams": III. Canonic Perpetual Motion (Contrapunctus Variabilis III)
- String Quartet no. 2 "Streams": IV. Episodes & Coda (Contrapunctus Variabilis IV)
- Suite for Harp and Wind Quintet
- The Willows Are New
- Three Folk Songs
- Twilight Colors
- Twilight Colors: I. A Thread of Light (Contrapunctus Variabilis V)
- Twilight Colors: II. Colors of Dawn (Contrapunctus Variabilis VI)
- Twilight Colors: III. In the Mist (Contrapunctus Variabilis VII)
- Twilight Colors: IV. Mountain Peaks Rising (Contrapunctus Variabilis VIII)
- Twilight Colors: V. Coda. Their Silhouettes Neither Parallel nor Contrary (Contrapunctus Variabilis IX)
- Yü Ko