Need help finding a traditional song...

[kurzorama]

Hi!

I'm trying to find a traditional song called "Song of the Herdsmen".

I own a version of it on a CD called "Phases of the Moon" but I'm pretty sure there's other versions available and I'm desperate to find one.

Unfortunately, I have no knowledge of Pinyin, so I can't find anything not written in English.

I found many versions of a song called "New Song of Hersmen" but it's not the same melody.

ANY info on that subject would be well appreciated.

Many thanks!

J.S.

[leeyah]

Herdsmen? Traditional?

Maybe "Mu Yang Qu" from the movie Dream of the Red Chamber (红楼梦) by the famous Zheng Xu Lan?

牧羊曲 郑绪岚 @ http://www.1ting.com/player/fb/player_76548.html

& Dream of the Red Chamber soundtrack @ http://www.1ting.com/album/70/album_17370.html

& the same tune in MID from Shaolin Soccer (少林寺主题曲） @ http://www.123101.com/ring/play/4563.html

[skylee]

Is this what you are looking for? -> 放馬山歌

[gerri]

I have a "Herdsman's Song" (as mp3) as part of an "anthology of Chinese Classical Music" (net connection is too slow right now, so I haven't checked if it's the same as in the youtube link). Could send it... (my profile should have my email)

[kurzorama]

Hi everyone!

A HUGE thank you for taking the time to answer...

Unfortunately it isn't leeyah or skylee's suggestion, but I don't know about gerri's one, because the sample I could listen to on Amazon isn't long enough (it's definitely another arrangement anyway) and I can't buy it, since I'm not in the US...

If you want to listen to an few seconds of the version I know, go there...

http://www.amazon.com/Phases-Moon-Traditional-Chinese-Music/dp/B0000025JB/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1224027223&sr=8-1

and select track #10...

Many, many thanks again!

J.S.