Liu Tianhua

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Liu Tianhua
Born	1895 Jiangyin, Jiangsu, China
Died	1932
Genre(s)	Chinese classical
Instrument(s)	erhu, pipa

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; died 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

Title in pinyin (Chinese characters) year (translation of title)

• Bìng Zhōng Yín (病中吟) 1918 (recitation of ill-being)
• Yuè Yè (月夜) 1924 (moon night)
• Kǔ Mèn Zhī Ōu (苦闷之讴) 1926 (song of depression)
• Bēi Gē (悲歌) 1927 (sad song)
• Liáng Xiāo (良宵) 1928 (beautiful evening)
• Xián Jū Yín (闲居吟) 1928 (recitation of leisure)
• Kōng Shān Niǎo Yǔ (空山鸟语) 1928 (empty mountains bird song)
• Guāng Míng Xíng (光明行) 1931 (towards brightness)
• Dú Xián Cāo (独弦操) 1932 (exercise on a single string)
• Zhú Yĭng Yáo Hóng (烛影摇红) 1932 (shadows of candles flickering red)

Studies for Erhu No 1 - 47

[edit] Compositions for pipa

• Gē Wǔ Yǐn (歌舞引)
• Gǎi Jìn Cāo (改進操)
• Xū Lài (虛籟)