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The documentary covered the last years of Nanyang University and how it affected the Chinese educated students who graduated from there. It also documented how the poetry club in Nanyang University, before the closure of the institution, branched out to song writing, influenced by Taiwan minyao (民谣), a Taiwanese folk songs movement in the 1970s and their school campus songs (校园民歌).
It contains twelve songs adapted from classical Chinese poems written during the Tang and Song Dynasties. The album experienced commercial success throughout Asia, selling over 5 million copies as of 2008 according to Xinhua News Agency .
A music download is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyrighted material without permission or legal payment.
Play Music is a record label subsidiary of Singaporean company Musicstreet Pte Ltd. In 2006, Nicholas received the 2006 Hito Newcomer Award in Taiwan. He also successfully completed his From Now On Concert Tour covering stops in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia within the first half-year of 2008.
In 1997, "Toki no Nagare ni Mi o Makase" was ranked number 16 in a survey of the 100 greatest Japanese songs of all time conducted by Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK). [1] In 1999, " The Moon Represents My Heart " was ranked number one in a poll of the 10 best Chinese classics of the 20th century by Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK). [ 2 ]
Nanyin or nanguan music s a style of music that dates back to the period between the Sui and Tang eras, in the 7th century. The city of Quanzhou was a major city at the time, and was situated upon an important maritime trade route, bringing elements of distant cultures to the city.
The songs were composed by Liu Shang, a poet of the middle Tang dynasty (618–907 CE). Later, in the Song dynasty (960–1279 CE), Emperor Gaozong (1107–1187 CE) commissioned a handscroll of the songs accompanied by 18 painted scenes.
RTHK also presents the International Pop Poll Awards annually. James Fung Wai-tong, chairman of the organising committee, said that from 1990 onwards, the awards ceremony had already given prizes to over 200 international pop songs, widening the perspectives of both the public and the local music industry with a diversified music culture.