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Tao Yuanming's 5th-century poem, chanted rather than read, on a wax cylinder from the collection of the German sinologist Paul Georg von Möllendorff, recorded in the late 1800s. Very worn, but a rare trace of how classical poetry was voiced.

Composer
Tao Yuanming (text)
Instrument
Voice 聲
Era
Late Qing
Length
2:16
Licence
Public domain
Source
Internet Archive

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