冼星海诞辰106周年纪念：追忆大师生平

Xian Xinghai (June 13, 1905 – October 30, 1945) was one of the earliest generation of Chinese composers influenced by western classical music and has influenced generations of Chinese musicians.
冼星海是中国早期受西方古典音乐熏陶的作曲家之一，他的作品影响了中国几代的音乐人。

In 1926 he joined the National Music Institute at Peking University to study music and in 1928 he entered Shanghai National Music Conservatory to study violin and piano. The same year he published his well-known essay The Universal Music.
1926年冼星海就读于北京大学音乐传习所，1928年进入上海音乐专科音乐学校，学习小提琴、钢琴。这一年他发表了论文《普遍的音乐》。

In 1929 he went to Paris under government sponsorship and in 1934 he was the first Chinese student admitted to the Paris Conservatory to study senior composition. During this period he composed Wind, Song of a Wanderer, Violin Sonata in D Minor, and other works.
1929年冼星海赴巴黎留学，1934年考入巴黎国立音乐学院肖拉•康托鲁姆作曲班，这期间他创作了《风》、《游子吟》《d小调小提琴奏鸣曲》等作品。

During the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), he wrote vocal works that encouraged the people to fight the Japanese invaders, including Saving the Nation, Non-Resistance the Only Fear, Song of Guerrillas, The Roads Are Opened by Us, The Vast Siberia, Children of the Motherland, Go to the Homefront of the Enemy, and On the Taihang Mountains, among others.
抗日战争期间，冼星海创作了大量声乐作品，包括《救国军歌》、《只怕不抵抗》、《游击军歌》、《路是我们开》、《茫茫的西伯利亚》、《祖国的孩子们》、《到敌人后方去》、《在太行山上》。

He became dean of the Music Department at Lu Xun Institute of Arts in 1938. It is at this time that he composed the famous Yellow River Cantata and the Production Cantata.
1938年冼星海出任延安鲁迅文学艺术学院音乐系主任，这期间他创作了著名的《黄河大合唱》，同时写有《生产大合唱》等其他作品。