憶故人 Memory of an Old Friend

2006/08/14 09:37
憶故人今虞譜(借正調 不慢三弦)

憶故人神奇祕譜(黃鐘調 慢三弦)

憶故人吳門譜(借正調 不慢三弦)

憶故人又名山中思友人, 山中思故人或空山憶故人

神奇秘譜*1稱此曲為東漢蔡邕所做. 然現今所傳之憶故人是於1937年首次出現於今虞琴刊*2彭祉卿家傳之憶故人. 據說為清末蜀僧竹禪所作.並非與神奇秘譜之山中思友人同一曲.

吾所彈之憶故人是跟據吳兆基先生的版本入手,然吳先生之憶故人又與今虞之憶故人有些出入.因而又參習今虞之憶故人中後段以及聆聽琢磨部份當代琴家所演奏之憶故人而表現成此曲.

憶故人所要傳達的是一種思念之情.可以是思念相會無期的友人,親人,愛人甚或是故鄉.

註1: 撰輯人,臞仙,明朝人. 撰刊於1425年
註2: 撰輯人, 今虞琴社, 撰刊於1937年

Yi Guren (Memory of an Old Friend) is attributed to Peng Zhichin and was first published in the Jin Yu Qin Kan of 1937. There is another version of Yi Guren in Shen Qi Mi Ru, which is a different piece from this one. Nowadays qin players usually play according to Peng’s version which is said to have been composed by a late Qin Dynasty monk, Zhu Chan from Si Chuan province.

Peiyou first learned Yi Gu Ren from the Wu Men Qin Pu by Master Wu Zhao Ji. However Wu’s version is a little different from Peng’s version as well. Peiyou therefore studied some parts from peng’s version and also listened to several qin players interpretation to come up with her own impression of this piece. This music tells of a sentimental loneliness and of missing an old friend, or perhaps a lover, family member or even a hometown whom and where you could never meet again.