Mao Yuan (茅沅, 1926 – October 10, 2022) was a Chinese composer. One of his renowned works is

Dance of the Yao People ''Dance of the Yao People'' (simplified: 瑶族舞曲; traditional: 瑤族舞曲; pinyin: Yáozú Wǔqǔ; sometimes translated as ''Dance of the Yao Tribe'') is one of the best known and most popular Chinese instrumental compositions of th ...

(瑶族舞曲). He was for many years one of the resident composers of the

CNOH The China National Opera House (CNOH) or China Central Opera (中央歌剧院) is a State-run opera company based in Beijing, China, and under the Chinese Ministry of Culture. CNOH consists of an opera troupe, a choir, a symphony orchestra and a ...

producing such works as the 1966 geju ''The Great Wall of the South Seas'', co-composed with Ma Fei. In 1982 the

Houston Ballet Houston Ballet, operated by Houston Ballet Foundation, is a professional ballet company based in Houston, Texas. The company consists of 59 dancers and produces over 85 performances per year. It is the 5th largest ballet company in the United ...

commissioned the ballet The Bamboo Painter, Zheng Banqiao.San Francisco Symphony playbill - Page 106 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra - 2007 "Mao Yuan: Dance of the Yao People - Yuan, born in 1926, was for many years composer-in-residence for China's Central Opera Theater. He has also worked in the West. In 1982, the Houston Ballet Company introduced his ballet The Bamboo Painter, Zheng Banqiao, which it had commissioned, and he has been a visiting scholar in the United States under the auspices of the US-China Arts Exchange Center...."

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