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Nie Er

1912 - 1935

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Nie Er (14 February 1912 – 17 July 1935), born Nie Shouxin, courtesy name Ziyi (子義 or 紫藝), was a Chinese composer best known for "March of the Volunteers", the national anthem of People's Republic of China. In numerous Shanghai magazines, he went by the English name George Njal, after a character in Njal's Saga. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nie Er is the 912th most popular composer (down from 854th in 2019), the 760th most popular biography from China (down from 755th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chinese Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Nie Er ranks 912 out of 1,451. Before him are Heinrich Albert, Déodat de Séverac, Leo Fall, Claudin de Sermisy, Daniel Alomía Robles, and Leevi Madetoja. After him are Franz Anton Hoffmeister, Emil von Sauer, Egidio Duni, François Francoeur, Giuseppe Gazzaniga, and Erkki Melartin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Nie Er ranks 195. Before him are Palle Huld, Enrique Fernández Viola, Teddy Wilson, Carvalho Leite, Georges Franju, and José Iraragorri. After him are Ioannis Alevras, Vlastimil Kopecký, Eve Arnold, Heikki A. Alikoski, Nihat Erim, and Akram al-Hawrani. Among people deceased in 1935, Nie Er ranks 93. Before him are Albert Ayat, Dutch Schultz, Edwin Flack, Sun Chuanfang, James Quibell, and Hans Tropsch. After him are Nina Grieg, Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, Jackson Showalter, Richard Mollier, Georg Jensen, and Chiquinha Gonzaga.

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In China

Among people born in China, Nie Er ranks 760 out of 1,610. Before him are Sun Chuanfang (1885), Fang Lizhi (1936), Meng Hongwei (1953), Dai Jin (1388), Huang Zongxi (1610), and Huang Fu (1883). After him are Wei Jingsheng (1950), Ehmetjan Qasim (1914), Xiao Hong (1911), Nicholas Poppe (1897), Song Yu (-298), and Chen Jingrun (1933).

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Among COMPOSERS In China

Among composers born in China, Nie Er ranks 2. Before him are Boris Blacher (1903). After him are Tan Dun (1957), and Qigang Chen (1951).

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