Zha Fuxi (1895–1976) was a masterful player of the guqin - a musical instrument in the zither family. His family came from the province of Jiangxi in southeast China, which is where he first learned to play the guqin. He co-founded the Jinyu Qin Society, an important national guqin organization in 1936. In addition, he was a vice-chairman of the National Musical Association of China, president of the Beijing Guqin Society, and a department head at the Central Institute of (Folk) Music. In 1945, he came to the United States and made a few recordings of his music at the Library of Congress.
Performer: Zha Fuxi/qin (and unidentified flute player on reel 3)
Tape boxes labeled: Chin Dub I-III.
Tape contents appear to be the same as 76-10.1 and (first 3 items on) .2 these 2 tapes are part of collection titled "Ch'in Worktapes."
Durations of CD copies 25:53, 31:15, 24:50 (total =1:21:58 ) EC (D) durations: 24:35, 31:03, 24:39 (total = 1:20:17)
Contents listed on logsheets and original archive sheets.
Information from the Library of Congress (2001); source tapes - LC Recorded Sound Section shelf # - LWO 5293 rl-A-B LC has 1958 correspondence with Robert Garfias. Judith Gray (LC AFC) has documentation re: a recording session by "Mr. C.H. Cha" [Zha Fuxi] 10/16/1945 [same session?]
Work tape set discarded January 2006 (3 reels, 7.5 ips, 1/2 tr. stereo, 7")
Documentation: Program notes
Unrestricted: collection is open for research.