Who is the composer in The Yellow River Cantata?

The Yellow River Cantata was written by the poet Guang William. J and composed by the people's musician Xian Xinghai. In front of the lamp, the words are far-reaching and magnificent, with deep feelings between the lines and very strong appeal.

Xian Xinghai (1June, 90513-1June, 945 10/October 30th) is a famous composer, pianist, music activist, educator and a descendant of Nie Erdao. Known as the "people's musician". Born in Panyu, Guangdong Province, 1905 was born in a poor fisherman's family in Macau. My father died as soon as he was born and went to Singapore with my mother.

19 18 After returning to China, he successively entered the Middle School Attached to Lingnan University and Lingnan University, and loved music. Participate in school music activities, play the violin, play the clarinet and act as a conductor. 65438-0926 entered the Music Department of Beiping Art Institute to study violin. 1928 was admitted to Shanghai National Conservatory of Music to study music.

At the same time, I participated in Nanguo Society and got to know Tian Han, Zhang Shu and others. 1929 10 left Shanghai for Singapore, and then went to Paris, France to study violin and theoretical composition under the guidance of violinist Pani Obedov and composer paul dukas. From 65438 to 0930, he went to France to study under famous composers such as Dandy and Ducas. In the summer of 193 1, he was admitted to the Paris Conservatory of Music with excellent results and studied in an advanced composition class, focusing on composition and conductor. He is the first China examinee in his class for decades.

During his stay in France, he wrote more than ten well-known works, such as The Wind, Ode to a Wanderer and Violin Sonata in D minor. /kloc-graduated in the summer of 0/935 and then returned to China via Europe and Africa. First, I worked in Shanghai EMI Company, wrote a lot of combative mass songs such as Battle Hymn, and wrote articles for progressive films such as Top Gun, Singing at Midnight, Youth March, Drama Resurrection, Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Sunrise and Thunderstorm.