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| Yellow River Cantata | |
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| by Xian Xinghai | |
 Original score | |
| Native name | Chinese: 黄河大合唱; pinyin: Huánghé Dàhéchàng |
| Year | 1939 |
| Period | 20th-century classical music |
| Genre | Cantata |
| Text | Yellow River by Guang Weiran |
| Language | Chinese |
| Composed | 26 March 1939 – 31 March 1939: |
| Published |
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| Movements | 7 to 9 |
| Vocal |
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| Instrumental | Western orchestra, some Chinese instruments |
| Premiere | |
| Date | April 13, 1939 |
| Location | Shanbei Gongxue Hall, Yan'an, Republic of China |
| Conductor | Wu Xiling |
| Performers | Choir of 40 people, orchestra |
The Yellow River Cantata (Chinese: 黄河大合唱; pinyin: Huánghé Dàhéchàng) is a cantata by Chinese composer Xian Xinghai (1905–1945). Composed in Yan'an in early 1939 during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the work was inspired by a patriotic poem by Guang Weiran, which was also adapted as the lyrics. Premiered on April 13 of the same year in the Shanbei Gongxue Hall of Yan'an, the work soon spread to all parts of China.[1]
- ^ Bonnie S. McDougall, Paul Clark Popular Chinese Literature and Performing Arts in the ... 1984 p125 "While there Xian wrote the celebrated "Huanghe dahechang" [Yellow River cantata] for mixed chorus and for an orchestra combining Western and Chinese instruments. The cantata had its premiere in Yan'an in 1940"