Zhu Jian'er
Zhu Jian'er (born Zhu Rong-shi, October 18, 1922 – August 15, 2017), courtesy name Zhu Pu-chen, was a Chinese symphonic composer and songwriter.
Also recorded as Jian'er Zhu · Zhu Jianer · Shu Senji · Senji Shu
Zhu Jian'er
- Full name
- 朱榮實.
- Born
- 1922. · Tianjin.
- Died
- 2017. · Shanghai.
- Nationality
- Republic of China and People's Republic of China.
- Occupation
- composer.
- Education
- Moscow Conservatory.
- Known for
- Sing a Folk Song for the Party.
- Languages
- Chinese.
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Zhu Jian'er (born Zhu Rong-shi, October 18, 1922 – August 15, 2017), courtesy name Zhu Pu-chen, was a Chinese symphonic composer and songwriter.
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Biography
Biography
Zhu Jian'er studied at Moscow Conservatory. Wenchen Qin is recorded as having studied under Zhu Jian'er. The recorded working language is Chinese. Employment is recorded with Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Positions recorded include National People's Congress deputy. Works named in the authority record are Sing a Folk Song for the Party.
Zhu was born in Tianjin, China. In his early years, his grandfather moved his family to Shanghai. His family consisted of flour millers, and his father died when Zhu was three. Out of admiration for Nie Er, Zhu Rong-shi changed his name to Zhu Jian'er. He began composing in 1940 and pursued composition studies at the Moscow Conservatory in 1955. He was a professor at the Shanghai Conservatory. He composed for both Western and Chinese instruments and his works have been performed around the world. In 2000 he was commissioned by Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project to compose Silk Road Reverie. His 1950 revolutionary work Days of Emancipation (翻身的日子, Fānshēn de Rìzi; for banhu and Chinese orchestra) is well known in the West from its appearance on the 1981 CBS Masterworks compilation Phases of the Moon: Traditional Chinese Music. Zhu died on August 15, 2017, in Shanghai.
List of major works
List of major works
Orchestral: • Jieri Xuqu 节日序曲 (Festival Overture), Op.10 (1958) • Symphony-Cantata: Yingxiong de Shipian 英雄的诗篇 (Poems of heroes), Op.14 (Original:1959 - 1960; First Edit:1964; Second Edit:1993) • Ballet Music: Nanhai Changcheng 南海长城 (Great Wall beside the South China Sea) (1965) • Huainian 怀念 (In Memoriam), for Strings, Op.18 (1978 - 1988) • Jiaoxiang huanxiang qu 交响幻想曲: Jinian wei zhenli xianshen de yongshi 纪念为真理献身的勇士 (Symphonic Fantasia:a Commemoration to the Brave sacrificed for verity), Op.21 (1980) • Jiaoxiang zuqu 交响组曲: Qianling Sumiao 黔岭素描 (Symphonic Suite: Sketches of Mount Qian), Op.23 (1982) • Hudie qun zuqu 蝴蝶泉组曲: erhu yu guanxian yuedui二 胡与管弦乐队 (Suite "Butterfly Spring" for erhu and Orchestra), Op.24 (1983) • Jiaoxiang yinshi 交响音诗: Naxi Yiqi 纳西一奇 (Symphonic Poem: Wonders of Naxi), Op.25 (1984) • Jiaoxiang shi 交响诗: Bainian Cangsang 百年沧桑 (Symphonic Poem: Vicissitude of a century) • Nanhai Yuge 南海渔歌 (Fishermen's Ballade), Suite No. 1 Op. 16 (1965/2003) Symphonies: • Symphony No.1 • Symphony No.2 • Symphony No.3,"Tibet" • Symphony No.4,"6.4.2-1", for Dizi and Orchestra • Symphony No.5, for Chinese drum and Orchestra • Symphony No.6,"3Y", for Tapes and Orchestra • Symphony No.7,"Tianlai, Dilai, Renlai" 天籟、地籟、人籟 (Sounds of paradise, earth and mankind) • Symphony No.8,"Qiu Suo 求索" (Seek and Quest), for 16 percussions and a Cello • Symphony No.9, for Boy Choir and Orchestra • Symphony No.10,"Jiangxue 江雪 (Snow on river), for Orchestra, with Guqin (Tape) and Chanting (Tape)
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Origins and background
Origins and background
The following is established of origins and background. Recorded at birth as 朱榮實. It is also recorded that zhu Jian'er died in 2017 at Shanghai. Born in 1922 at Tianjin.
Works and production
Works and production
The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Born on 18 October 1922. Institutional cataloguing adds that zhu Jian'er died on 15 August 2017.
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Tianjin.
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Shanghai.
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• Wenchen Qin
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