''Tonal Patterns'' ''( 平仄 )'' is a work for

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, composed by

He Xuntian He Xuntian ( zh, s= 何训田, t= 何訓田, p=Hé Xùntián; born in 1952 in Suining, Sichuan) is a composer and professor of music composition at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Biography In 1982, he graduated from the Compositio ...

in 1985.

Summary

He Xuntian

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RD Composition (Renyilv Duiyingfa Composition) in his work ''Tonal Patterns''.

First performance

''Tonal Patterns''
He Xuntian Symphony Works Concert 1988
30. November 1988, Beijing Concert Hall,

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References

{{He Xuntian Compositions by He Xuntian Compositions for symphony orchestra 1985 compositions