Cheng Maoyun
Cheng • Illustration — Cheng Maoyun composing Cheng Maoyun (25 August 1900 – 31 July 1957) was a Chinese composer and a professor at National Central University and Hangzhou Societal University (zh-Hant). He composed the National Anthem of the Republic of China.
Also recorded as Ch'eng Mao-yün
Cheng Maoyun
江西省推行音樂教育委員會《音樂教育》第四卷第一期 · Public domain
- Born
- 1900 · Xinjian District.
- Died
- 1957
- Nationality
- People's Republic of China
- Occupation
- composer
- Education
- Tokyo University of the Arts
- Known for
- National Anthem of the Republic of China
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Cheng • Illustration — Cheng Maoyun composing Cheng Maoyun (25 August 1900 – 31 July 1957) was a Chinese composer and a professor at National Central University and Hangzhou Societal University (zh-Hant). He composed the National Anthem of the Republic of China.
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Early life and education
Early life and education
He was born in Xinjian (新建), Jiangxi to a family of officials. He studied music in Jiangxi Provincial Higher Normal School (江西省立高等师范学校 Jiāngxī shěnglì gāoděng shīfàn xuéxiào), and the Ueno Music Academy (zh-Hant) in Tokyo. He majored in violin, then music theory, and composition.
Career
Career
In 1928, his submission of the melody of "Three Principles of the People" was chosen. In 1947, he travelled to Taiwan for the first time, where Hsiao Er-hua (蕭而化 Xiāo Érhuà), head of the College of Music in the Taiwan Provincial Normal University, offered Cheng Maoyun a position, but he refused. He never returned to Taiwan again. He had a stroke in 1951 in Xi'an, and he died of a second stroke on July 31, 1957. The official university song of the National Central University is also composed by Cheng.
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Personal life
His wife and son are also musicians. Zhang Yongzhen (zh-Hans), Cheng's wife, is a piano professor at the Xi'an Music Academy. His son, Zhang Jiannan (张坚男; born 1945), is a composer.
國歌作曲者程懋筠先生。（顔廷階 提供）
不應被遺忘的一位音樂家 程懋筠（C. 1900—1957.7.31）
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1957
Cheng Maoyun died.
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National Anthem of the Republic of China
Cheng Maoyun de yin yue ren sheng (2007) — Open Library
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