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Chinese phonograph record of Peking Opera, 1954 - 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/8/16/1/3/6

Scope and Contents

The r.p.m. is not stated.
Record number: 中國唱片4-0477.
Title: 戲曲 京劇 梅蘭芳唱片選集第二輯 貴妃醉酒 [Peking Opera, Selected Records of Mei Lanfang Collection 2 “Guifei Zuijiu / Yang Guifei gets drunk”].
Performers:
唱 (singers) : 梅蘭芳 [Mei Lanfang (1894-1961)], 蕭長華 [Xiao Changhua (1879-1967)], 姜妙香 [Jiang Miaoxiang (1890-1972)];
伴奏 (accompaniment): 梅蘭芳劇團樂隊 (Mei Lanfang Troupe Orchestra).
Manufacturer: 中國唱片厰 [China Record Factory].
Recording date: 1954年11月在北京錄音 [recorded in Beijing in November 1954].
Sleeve: No price is given, but the back of the sleeve has instructions for storage and handling of the record, as well as an advertisement for sending in old and broken records for recycling. The remuneration for doing so is given as 0.64 RMB per kilogram, indicating a production date of this pressing after the revaluation of the Chinese currency in March 1955.
Insert: The record includes a paper insert providing lyrics.








Dates

  • Creation: 1954 - 1955

Extent

3 object(s) (1 x 25cm diameter phonograph record in a sleeve with a paper insert) : Paper and vinyl/shellac

Repository Details

Part of the Needham Research Institute Repository

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