Cheng Maoyun
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Cheng Maoyun (Template:Zh; 25 August 1900 – 31 July 1957) was a Chinese composer and a professor at National Central University and Hangzhou Societal University (Script error: No such module "Lang".). He composed the National Anthem of the Republic of China.
Early life and education
He was born in Xinjian (Script error: No such module "Lang".), 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 (Script error: No such module "Lang".) in Tokyo. He majored in violin, then music theory, and composition.
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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The official university song of the National Central University is also composed by Cheng.
Personal life
His wife and son are also musicians. Zhang Yongzhen (Script error: No such module "Lang".), 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.
See also
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- 1900 births
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- Chinese male composers
- National anthem writers
- People from Nanchang
- Academic staff of the National Central University
- Musicians from Jiangxi
- Educators from Jiangxi
- Chinese composers
- 20th-century Chinese musicians
- Tokyo University of the Arts alumni
- 20th-century Chinese male musicians
- Academic staff of Nanjing University