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Xian Xinghai

1905 - 1945

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Xian Xinghai or Sinn Sing Hoi (Chinese: 冼星海; pinyin: Xiǎn Xīnghǎi; Wade–Giles: Hsien Hsing-hai; 13 June 1905 – 30 October 1945) was a Chinese composer. He was among the first composers in his country to draw on western classical music and has influenced many later Chinese musicians. Xian composed in all the major musical forms (two symphonies, a violin concerto, four large scale choral works, nearly 300 songs and an opera), and is best known for the Yellow River Cantata upon which the Yellow River Concerto for piano and orchestra is based. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Xian Xinghai is the 1,249th most popular composer (down from 1,051st in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Macao and the most popular Composer.

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Among composers, Xian Xinghai ranks 1,249 out of 1,451. Before him are Hilding Rosenberg, Ivor Novello, Emil Hartmann, William Schuman, Leigh Harline, and Sergei Slonimsky. After him are Mark Snow, Masaaki Suzuki, Antón García Abril, George Alexander Macfarren, Frigyes Hidas, and Franghiz Ali-Zadeh.

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Among people born in 1905, Xian Xinghai ranks 311. Before him are Friederich Franzl, Lev Kassil, Helen Sawyer Hogg, Erico Verissimo, John Van Ryn, and Pedro Solé. After him are Zakaria Goneim, Frank Hussey, John Peters Humphrey, Ray Barbuti, Antal Kocsis, and György Kulin. Among people deceased in 1945, Xian Xinghai ranks 316. Before him are Milton S. Hershey, Vikenty Veresaev, Kazimierz Prószyński, Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov, Ernie Pyle, and Janko Jesenský. After him are Klaus Junge, Blind Willie Johnson, Stefan Mazurkiewicz, Frederick Hovey, Giovanni Palatucci, and Johannes Block.

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Among people born in Macao, Xian Xinghai ranks 2 out of 8. Before him are Ming-Na Wen (1963). After him are José Lai (1946), Edmund Ho (1955), Fernando Chui (1957), Michelle Reis (1970), Ho Iat-seng (1957), and Isabella Leong (1988).

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Among composers born in Macao, Xian Xinghai ranks 1. 

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