"CHINESE PEASANTS MARCH "SAN PEI"" genre: Classical General
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	In 1978 I was invited to perform in Dailien, China, which is the Port of Peking. The United States had just signed a new treaty of cooperation with that great country, thus initiating a thaw in relations. The pianist Walter Hautzig and I became the first American pianists to perform there after this historic event. With the help of a librarian at the Philadelphia Orchestra, which had performed in Beijing several years earlier, I found an orchestral score of this vigourous Peasants and Workers March, entitled "San Pei", which, I am told, was often sung by laborers toiling away in the fields under the Maoist reginme. Be that as it may, I transcribed it for piano and indeed, it was a great hit with the Chinese audiences of that time. Perhaps today, in China's economically enlightened environment, no one would even recognize it!
	CD: JOHN BELL YOUNG IN CONCERT   Label: Enigma Credits: Recorded in concert Ginseng Island, Dailien, China 1979. Producer: John Bell Young
	Story Behind the Song Recorded on Ginseng Island, Dailien, China. March, 1979

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