The person known as the people's musician is Xian Xinghai.

Xian Xinghai (June 13, 1905 - October 30, 1945), formerly known as Huang Xun and Kong Yu, was originally from Panyu, Guangdong (now Lanhe Town, Nansha District, Guangzhou), and was born in Macau . A famous composer and pianist in modern China, he is known as the "people's musician".

Music Creation

Xian Xinghai strives to explore a new art form and the path of new Chinese music in his creation. He recalled: "In "Building a New China," I paid great attention to making it an organic fusion of Chinese and foreign music. The harmony was new. Because I had not found a satisfactory still method for Chinese music, I applied Western progressive methods. I am still exploring whether this method is good. I often hope that many friends can work together to create China’s own rules."

In "Lu Yi" and "China's Emerging Music - Written for the First Anniversary of "Lu Yi"" mentioned that in order to establish China's emerging music, we must create works of emerging music from real life and establish the theory of emerging music from creative experience. In order to expand our influence, we need to organize a wider range of cadres and educate more cadres. It can be seen that Xian Xinghai’s research on the path of new music in China is profound, specialized and extensive.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Xian Xinghai