Chen Zi (陈紫,
Huiyang
Huiyang District ( postal: Waiyeung; is a district of Huizhou, Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. It was renamed in 2003 amid the restructuring of districts and counties in Huizhou. Formerly named Huiyang city (county level), its ...
, 1919–1999) was a Chinese composer. He was one of the composers at the original revolutionary
Lu Xun Academy in
Yan'an
Yan'an (; ), alternatively spelled as Yenan is a prefecture-level city in the Shaanbei region of Shaanxi province, China, bordering Shanxi to the east and Gansu to the west. It administers several counties, including Zhidan (formerly Bao'a ...
and one of the collaborators assisting
Ma Ke in composition of 1945's ''
The White-Haired Girl''. Among his works are the 1954 opera
Liu Hulan (opera), and the 1956 opera ''
Spring Blossoms'' (迎春花开了; Yingchunhua Kaile) co-composed with
Liang Kexiang to a libretto by Lu Cang () and Wang Lie ().
[''China reconstructs'' Volume 28 - Page 393 Zhongguo fu li hui - 1979 "In 1972 the veteran composer Chen Zi and others were planning to create an opera The Miner's Daughter. I was asked to go to Beijing to coordinate.."]
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Chinese male classical composers
1919 births
1999 deaths
People from Huiyang
20th-century classical composers
Chinese classical composers
20th-century Chinese musicians
Hakka musicians
20th-century male musicians
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