Xiao He (composer)
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Xiao He 晓河 | |
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| Born | 何同鉴 c. February 1918 |
| Origin | Shangrao, Jiangxi, China |
| Died | 8 September 2010 (aged 92) |
| Occupation | Composer |
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| Simplified Chinese | 晓河 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 曉河 | ||||||||
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He Tongjian, also known as Xiao He[a] (February 1918 – 8 September 2010), was a Chinese composer from Shangrao, Jiangxi, and a lifetime honorary medal winner of the first Chinese Music Golden Bell Award. He is most notable for composing the melody of the Guinea-Bissauan national anthem, "Esta É a Nossa Pátria Amada".
Xiao He was born in February 1918 in the city of Shangrao in Jiangxi, a province in Southern China. He started his apprenticeship at the age of 14. He took part in the Anti-Japanese Movement in February 1938, joined the People's Liberation Army and the Chinese Communist Party the following year, and enlisted in the New Fourth Army in February 1940.[1] He has successively served as an officer in the Literature and Art Department of the Ministry of Culture, a composer on the Art Troupe of the Political Department, the director of the Academic Affairs Office of the PLA Academy of Art, director of cadre training, and the second and third directors of the Chinese Musicians' Association. He fell ill and died on 8 September 2010 at the age of 92.[2]
