Xian Xinghai's masterpieces

Shin Xinghai's masterpieces include "Yellow River Cantata" and "Cantata of the Production Movement".

S Xian Xinghai (June 13, 1905 - October 30, 1945), formerly known as Huang Xun and Kong Yu, was a member of the Chinese **** Party. Born in Macao, China, he graduated from the Conservatoire National de Paris. He was a famous composer and pianist in modern China, and was known as the "People's Musician".

He studied in Paris with the violinist Pani Oberdorfer and the composer Paul Ducasse, and after his return to China, he actively participated in the anti-Japanese salvation movement, and his works are best known for the Yellow River Cantata.

He passed away on October 30, 1945, at the age of 40, in Moscow.

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S Xian Xinghai was both a great musician and a proletarian revolutionary who made great contributions to the cause of China's anti-war movement. His musical works were not only widely sung during the period of the national war of resistance and served as a clarion call for awakening the consciousness of the nation, but also remained popular among the people for more than 60 years after his death.

S Xian Xinghai was another great people's musician after Nie Er in the history of modern Chinese music. He adhered to and developed the tradition of revolutionary music that began with Nie Er, and profoundly reflected the great reality of the Chinese people's revolution and national liberation with a broader range of subjects, genres and richer artistic techniques.