Xian Xinghai (1905- 1945), a famous musician in modern China, was born in a poor boatman's family in Macau. 19 18 entered the violin attached to the middle school of Lingnan University, and 1926 entered the Peking University Conservatory of Music and the Music Department of the National Academy of Arts. 65438-0928 entered Shanghai National Conservatory of Music to study violin and piano, and published the famous music prose "Cosmic Music". From 65438 to 0929, he went to Paris to work and study, and studied under the famous violinist Pani Obedov and the famous composer Paul Dukas. 193 1 year, admitted to the Paris Conservatory of Music and studied in the composition class of Shola Cantorum. During his stay in France, he wrote more than ten works, such as The Wind, Ode to a Wanderer and Violin Sonata in D minor. 1935 After returning to China, he took an active part in the anti-Japanese national salvation movement, created a large number of combative mass songs, and created progressive films such as Top Gun, Youth March, Drama Resurrection and Thunderstorm. After the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, he joined the Second Team of Shanghai National Salvation Drama, and then went to Wuhan with Zhang Shu to be responsible for the national salvation singing movement. From 1935 to 1938, he created various types of vocal music works, such as Salvation Army songs I'm afraid I can't resist, Guerrilla Army Songs, The Road is ours, The Boundless Siberia, Children of the Motherland, Behind the Enemy, On Taihang Mountain, etc. From 65438 to 0938, he served as the director of the music department of Lu Xun Art College in Yan 'an, and taught part-time in "Women's University". After teaching, he created immortal masterpieces such as The Yellow River Cantata and Production Chorus. 1940 went to study and work in the Soviet union, 1945 died in Moscow. During this period, he composed symphonies such as National Liberation, Jihad, Orchestral Suite Manjianghong, China Orchestral Rhapsody and Violin Guo Zhier-Bi Dai. Up to now, nearly 300 of his works have been collected. In addition, he has written a large number of music papers, such as Nie Er, the Creator of China's Emerging Music, and On the National Form of China Music, and has published 35 articles. Because of his great contribution to the development of revolutionary music in China, he won the honorary title of "People's Musician".