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, ISBN: 0-7734-7190-1, Fall of 2002

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

Moonlit Mansion, (Medium/High Voice)

Songs Based on Li Qingzhao Chinese Classical Poetry

Anthology of Chinese Songs, Volume III, CVR5358

AR: Classical Vocal Reprints, May 2023

Moonlit Mansion, (Medium/Low Voice)

Songs Based on Li Qingzhao Chinese Classical Poetry

Anthology of Chinese Songs, Volume III, CVR5359

AR: Classical Vocal Reprints, May 2023

Heart Whispers, (Medium/High Voice)

Contemporary Chinese Art Songs, Book II, CVR5225

AR: Classical Vocal Reprints, December 2019

Heart Whispers, (Medium/Low Voice)

Contemporary Chinese Art Songs, Book II, CVR5226

AR: Classical Vocal Reprints, December 2019

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

Contemporary Chinese Art Songs, Book I (Medium/High Voice), CVR5107

AR: Classical Vocal Reprints, March 2018

Contemporary Chinese Art Songs, Book I (Medium/Low Voice), CVR5108

AR: Classical Vocal Reprints, March of 2018

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, ISBN: 1-878617-77-X, March 2009

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, ISBN: 1-87861764-8, June 2005

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:

CD, Moonlit Mansion/李清照词作艺术歌曲精选，Art song Album of Li Qingzhao Poems,

Two versions: Mei Zhong singing with Chinese instrument Ensemble, and Mei Zhong singing with piano,

Composition and orchestration: Yong Meng; Piano Arrangement: Shuai Yao,

YouTube links:

Daya - The Grand Elegance (大雅), online 2023

https://youtu.be/aShEpa51M5c

Homeland Sentiments ((鄉情難忘)), online 2023

https://youtu.be/MI-hXaeAylc?si=PCt5PNvYx1aXKOV_

Peace (憩), online 2023

https://youtu.be/SKEMGHqndt4

Forever Evolving (生生不息), online 2023