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A Rainy Night at the Port

A Rainy Night at the Port (Chinese: 港都夜雨; pe̍h ōe jī: Káng-Too Iā-ú) is a Taiwanese Hokkien pop song released in 1958,[1] composed by Yang Sanlang (楊三郎) with lyrics by Lü Chuanzi (呂傳梓). It was inspired by the city of Keelung. Originally, it was composed without lyrics.[1]

"港都夜雨"
Song
English titleA Rainy Night at the Port
Composer(s)Yang Sanlang
Lyricist(s)Lü Chuanzi

Overview

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In the early 1960s, Yang Sanlang took over as the conductor of the band at the Keelung Landmark Club for American forces in Taiwan, where he also played the trumpet.[2][3] Keelung, known for its rainy weather, inspired Yang on one such day to compose a sad melody using natural minor and the harmonic minor to perform a sad song on the trumpet, which he called "Rain Blues" (雨的BLUES). He played it every day, to the acclaim of the American soldiers in the audience. The song, however, did not have lyrics until the band's pianist, Lü Chuanzi was inspired to write lyrics to the song, describing the grieved feelings of a traveling young man watching the rain one night in the port city of Keelung.[4] After penning the lyrics, Lü handed them over to the composer of "Mend the Broken Net" (補破網), Wang Yunfeng (王雲峰) for editing. The resulting lyrics, paired with Yang's original tune, became a favorite song at the Landmark Club.[5][6]

In 1958, Yang Sanlang had Wu Jinhuai (吳晉淮) perform the song in public, and release the recording.[2]A Protestant group later adapted the tune to new lyrics, turning it into a hymn.

References

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  1. ^ a b 徐宗懋圖文館 (2022). 閃耀台灣一：台灣城市建築1860-1960. 台灣: 時報出版. p. 74. ISBN 9786263354210.
  2. ^ a b Storm.mg (2020-09-26). "楊渡觀點：楊三郎．《港都夜雨》和冷戰-風傳媒". www.storm.mg (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  3. ^ 中華民國文化部. "〈港都夜雨〉-文化部國家文化記憶庫". memory.culture.tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  4. ^ CYL (2022-05-24). "名字叫「三郎」的人都超有才？寫下《港都夜雨》的台灣初代歌謠之王！作曲家楊三郎". 音音有代誌 IN IN TO MUSIC (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  5. ^ 音音有代誌 (2022-08-07). "作曲家楊三郎：創辦「黑貓歌舞團」、寫下〈孤戀花〉〈港都夜雨〉等名曲的台灣初代歌謠之王". The News Lens 關鍵評論網 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2023-10-18.
  6. ^ "楊三郎". 教育大市集 (in Chinese). Retrieved 2023-10-18.
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