PUBLICATIONS | Dr Mei Zhong

Selected Publications

Books:

Tempo in the Soprano Arias of Puccini's La Bohème, Tosca and Madama Butterfly,

New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, Fall of 2002, ISBN: 0-7734-7190-1

Reviewed in Journal of Singing, Volume 60, No.3, (January/February 2004)

Heart Whispers, (Medium/High Voice)

Contemporary Chinese Art Songs, Book II，

AR: Classical Vocal Reprints, December of 2019, CVR5225

Heart Whispers, (Medium/Low Voice)

Contemporary Chinese Art Songs, Book II，

AR: Classical Vocal Reprints, December of 2019, CVR5226

Reviewed in Journal of Singing, Volume 77, No.4, (March/April 2021)

Contemporary Chinese Art Songs, Book I (Medium/High Voice),

AR: Classical Vocal Reprints, March of 2018, CVR5107

Contemporary Chinese Art Songs, Book I (Medium/Low Voice),

AR: Classical Vocal Reprints, March of 2018, CVR5108

Reviewed in Journal of Singing, Volume 77, No.4, (March/April 2021)

Traditional and Modern Chinese Art Songs, Volume II, Anthology of Chinese Songs,

New York: Leyerle Publications, March of 2009, ISBN: 1-878617-77-X

Reviewed (of book and recording) in Journal of Singing, Volume 66, No.1, (Sept./Oct.2009)

Newly Arranged Chinese Folk Songs, Volume I, Anthology of Chinese Songs,

New York: Leyerle Publications, June of 2005, ISBN: 1-87861764-8

Reviewed in Journal of Singing, Volume 63, No.4, (March/April 2007)

Book order online:

https://www.classicalvocalrep.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=zhong

Winter Dream, A song for Voice and Orchestra, 冬梦，声乐交响诗

Lyrics, translation and IPA by Mei Zhong, music by Yong Meng,

Full Score, Vocal Score, Chinese Music Notation, IPA, etc,

Jomar VM-20190729, TX and IN: JOAMR Press, July 2019

The Use of the IPA in the Choral Rehearsal, chapter contributor,

Chapter: Chinese Pronunciation Guide for Western Singers,
Scarecrow Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-8108-8169

Early English Art Songs and Arias, 早期英文艺术歌曲和咏叹调精选

中国北京：高等教育出版社, Beijing, China : High Education Press
May of 2017, ISBN: 978-7-04-047432-9, co-editor

Peace, 憩, for SATB Choir and Piano,

Lyrics, translation and IPA by Mei Zhong, Music by Hua Lin, Choral Arrangement by Jody Nagel

JOMAR Press, Nov.2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDPTpunu_P0&feature=youtu.be

A Sad Little Bird, 忧伤的小鸟, for Voice, Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano

Lyrics and translation by Jem Li; Melody and IPA by Mei Zhong; Orchestration by Xue Jiang

Jomar VM-20191922, JOMAR Press, Dec. 2019

https://youtu.be/kvkUcLhiTgI

Articles:

The Reception of Anton Bruckner’s Music in China, co-author, in English

Journal of Literature and Art Studies, July 2019, Vol.9, No.7

DOI: 10.17265/2159-5836/2019.07.015, Pp.796-802

CA: David Publishing Company, USA

The Reception of Anton Bruckner’s Music in China, co-author, in German

Bruckner-Lexikon, new extended edition of the 1966 published Bruckner-Handbuch,

New Edition-Online Lesicon, www.bruckner-online.at/ablo

Austrian National Library, Austrian Academy of Sciences

Article was in the process of the publication in July of 2017

Problems of Tempo in Puccini's Arias, College Music Symposium,

Missoula: The College Music Society, Inc., 2001, Volume 40, Pp. 140-150.

The article was selected for reissuing at New Online College Music Symposium,

Scholarship and Research Section, May of 2013,

Translation: The Analysis of Baroque Opera by John Walter Hill,

Beijing: Journal of the Central Conservatory of Music, 2002, Vol. 87, co-translator

Eleven short dictionary articles for Vocal Music in the Teaching Encyclopedia for Chinese Middle and High Schools, China: Shenyang Publisher, 1991, Vol--Yintimei

Reference article Introduction to Piano, published as a series of six times, Children's Music Periodical, China: Shaoyang News Press, June-August, 1988

Recordings:

YouTube links:

If 如果，online 2022

https://youtu.be/sVrmIsCYpDs

Life, 生活，Soprano and Zheng, one word poem, [女高音和筝，一字诗（女高音 / 钟玫；筝 / 韩梅和雨苇；作曲 / 孟勇，韩梅和雨苇）online 2021

https://youtu.be/zUCLpFNl6_c

Crossroads《路口》: Singing - Mei Zhong/鍾玫; Poem - Bei Dao/北島; Music - Xiang Yin/湘音, online 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttQ-lVecabY&feature=youtu.be

Homebound, 回家， online 2020

https://youtu.be/s0z5lKcIktY

In My Transparent Sorrow, 在我透明的忧伤中，online 2020

https://youtu.be/zGfzJ23plMo