Four Dreams

He Xuntian: Four Dreams

Four Dreams ( 梦四则 ) is a work for electric erhu and orchestra,[1] composed by He Xuntian in 1986.[2][3]

## Introduction

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In this piece, Erhu is remodeled into an electric one, making the changes in tone extremely close to human voice. Four Dreams is composed with four chapters, which continuously reveal dreams bound with or inside one another. Four Dreams was composed with RD Composition in 1986.[1][4][5]

## First performance

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15 September 1988, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra[6]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Four Dreams". People's Music Publishing House. Archived from the original on 2010-02-06. Retrieved 2007-05-24.
2. ^ "Analysis of Four Dreams Composed by He Xuntian". Dissertation of Shanghai Conservatory of Music. February 2009.
3. ^ "A Brief Analysis of The Electronic Music of Four Dreams Composed by He Xuntian". Dissertation of Wuhan Conservatory of Music. January 2013.
4. ^ "The Music Is Etched on the Memory of All Generation". People’s Daily. Retrieved 2015-02-10.
5. ^ "The Compositional Concept and Theory of He Xuntian". Dissertation of Shanghai Conservatory of Music. January 2011. Archived from the original on 2014-04-26. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
6. ^ "Britain Hosts "Chinese New Music Festival 1989"". Music World. January 1989.

## External links

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* Four Dreams published by People's Music Publishing House (CN)

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* FuSe Pattern (1997)
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Orchestral Music|

* Tonal Patterns (1985)
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* Telepathy (1987)
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* Clouds Rising Into the Lotus Flowers (2008)
* Rupa Dance (2009)
* Sunyata Dance (2011)
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* Sounds of Nature (1986)
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* Ehe Chant (2008)

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* Yellow Children (1991)
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* Seven Days (2006)
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