《春江花月夜》原是一首琵琶古曲。《春江花月夜》早于一百二十多年前就以《夕阳箫鼓》(又名《夕阳箫歌》)流传民间(曲名见1864年前成书的《今乐考证》,清代姚燮所著);1875年无锡吴畹卿的手抄谱据说是最早的蓝本,全曲共分七段;1895年出版的 “Spring Jiang Hua Yue Ye” was originally a lute ancient song. “Spring Jiang Hua Yueyue” circulated folk as early as one hundred and twenty years ago as “sunset flute drum” (aka “sunset flute song”) ); 1875 Wuxi Wu Miqing handwriting is said to be the earliest blueprint, the whole song is divided into seven sections; published in 1895