193 1 In April, Nie Er was admitted to Yue Ming Opera Club, and his artistic career officially began. 1932 After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression on June 28th, the people of the whole country fought against Japan and saved the nation. At this time, Nie Er met Tian Han, a playwright from party member. With the training and education of party organizations, ideological awareness has been continuously improved. 1932 went to Beiping to participate in revolutionary music activities, and soon returned to Shanghai to launch the China Emerging Music Research Association. At the beginning of 1933, Nie Er was introduced by Tian Han to join the China * * * Production Party. From then on, Nie Er not only gained a new political life, but also further developed his artistic talent and became a pioneer and anti-fascist fighter of China's new music. In the following two years, Nie Er composed more than 30 theme songs and interludes for operas, dramas and movies, such as New Women, Pioneers, Songs of the Road, Songs of Progress, Graduation Songs and Girls Behind Iron Shoes, which were widely sung all over the country and played a positive role in inspiring the people's anti-Japanese national salvation movement. His music, such as Dance of the Golden Snake, Spring Dawn in the Cuihu Lake, and The Mountain State Couple, is deeply loved by people. 1949 In September, the first plenary session of China People's Political Consultative Conference decided that march of the volunteers was the national anthem. 198212In February, the fifth plenary session of the Fifth National People's Congress of People's Republic of China (PRC) identified March of the Volunteers as National Anthem of the People's Republic of China. A large number of songs written by Nie Er reflect the aspirations of the people and become powerful weapons and battle horns to inspire, educate and attack the enemy.

1June 905 1 1 Xian Xinghai was born in a poor fisherman's family in Macau, and his ancestral home is Panyu, Guangdong. Xian Xinghai's father died when he was born and was raised by his mother as a servant. He spent a poor childhood in Singapore with his mother, went back to Guangzhou to attend middle schools and universities, 1926 went to Beijing to attend art school, 1928 went to Shanghai to attend the National Conservatory of Music, but he was unable to study because of the bad environment. 1930 Xian Xinghai went to work and study in Paris. He worked as a waiter in a hotel in Paris, as a servant, as a helper in a barber shop, and did all kinds of "errands" that were regarded as despicable. Finally, he was admitted to the Paris Conservatory of Music in the winter of 1934, and studied composition under the famous composer Paul Dukas.

/kloc-in the summer of 0/935, Xian Xinghai returned to Shanghai. At that time, the motherland was at the climax of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Movement. Xian Xinghai, who was full of patriotic enthusiasm, actively participated in the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Movement and began to write national salvation songs, including Hot Blood, Song of National Salvation, Going to Taihang Mountain and Going Behind the Enemy Line. From 65438 to 0938, Xian Xinghai went to Yan 'an, where he wrote many excellent works, such as The Chorus of Production and The Yellow River Cantata.

1940 Xian Xinghai left Yan' an for the Soviet Union. At that time, the Soviet Union was in a difficult period of the Great Patriotic War. Despite hardships, Xian Xinghai began to compose large-scale instrumental music, and completed orchestral works such as Symphony No.1-National Liberation, Symphony No.2-Jihad and Rhapsody in China. These works show Xian Xinghai's strong patriotism and lofty internationalism. Long-term heavy creation and hard conditions have damaged his health. He died in Moscow on 19451October 30th. After Xian Xinghai's death, Mao Zedong wrote a eulogy of Mourning the People's Musician Comrade Xian Xinghai. This is a lofty evaluation of Xian Xinghai's creative achievements and significance.

Xian Xinghai is a talented, diligent and prolific composer. During his creative career of more than ten years, he left us hundreds of music works of various genres, including more than 250 songs, 4 choruses, 1 opera, 2 symphonies, 4 symphonies, 1 orchestral rhapsody, and some instrumental solos and duets. Many of these works (mainly vocal works) have stood the test of time and the masses and become immortal masterpieces in China's music history. In particular, his The Yellow River Cantata, which was completed in Yan 'an in March 1939, is an epoch-making artistic masterpiece in the history of China music and an excellent example of the close combination of high ideological content and high artistry.