Xian Xinghai
Chinese composer
Xian Xinghai or Sinn Sing Hoi (Chinese: 冼星海; pinyin: Xiǎn Xīnghǎi; Wade–Giles: Hsien Hsing-hai; Yale Romanization: Syǎn Syīng-Hǎi; 13 June 1905 – 30 October 1945) was a Chinese composer. He was among the first composers in his country to draw on western classical music and has influenced many later Chinese musicians. Xian composed in the major musical forms (two symphonies, a violin concerto, four large scale choral works, nearly 300 songs and an opera), and is best known for the Yellow River Cantata upon which the Yellow River Piano Concerto is based.
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Works
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- Yellow River
- Yellow River: I. Prelude. The Song of the Yellow River Boatmen
- Yellow River: II. Ode to the Yellow River
- Yellow River: III. The Yellow River in Anger
- Yellow River: IV. Defend the Yellow River
- 二月里来
- 保衛黃河
- 在太行山上
- 怒吼吧，黃河
- 河邊對口曲
- 黃水謠
- 黃河之水天上來
- 黃河大合唱
- 黃河怨
- 黃河船夫曲
- 黃河頌