Purple Butterfly Zi hudie 2003 Shanghai swing music

[PhilipLean]

I watched part of this film on TV (SBS in Australia) tonight and was intrigued by some of the music.

I tracked down a description - "Music ranges from great Chinese swing tunes of the era to Jorg Lemberg's symphonic score" - from the review in the Hollywood Reporter

Does anyone know more about the swing music of this period in China ? And in particular the Chinese songs from the film Purple Butterfly.

I have found this piece by Bai Kwong - described as "one of the preeminent divas of Shanghai in the 1930s",

如果沒有你 白光 Bai Kwong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR_XP5yr0pE&feature=related

Apart from liking the music and songs, they are mostly sung slowly. Great for learning the language.

[spacexzb]

:lol:there are other Chinese Singers' songs which are great for learning the language too. Singers such as Terresa Teng Li Jun, Zou hua Jian, Cai Qing etc. Fun in learning !

: ))

spacexzb

[PhilipLean]

Thanks for the suggestions, I think I have found the right links to the people you mentioned.

Terresa Teng Li Jun

Zou hua Jian (this video has Hanzi and pinyin)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRocEkMpK8U Cai Qing

I have to declare that I am not a big fan of Asia Pop/ Euro Pop and the heavy orchestration, but I will suffer through for study purposes.