Cheng Maoyun
Cheng Maoyun was a Chinese composer and a professor at National Central University and Hangzhou Societal University. He composed the National Anthem of the Republic of China.
Early life and education
He was born in Xinjian, Jiangxi to a family of officials. He studied music in Jiangxi Provincial Higher Normal School, and the Ueno Music Academy in Tokyo. He majored in violin, then music theory, and composition.Career
In 1928, his submission of the melody of "Three Principles of the People" was chosen. In 1947, he travelled to Taiwan for the first time, where Hsiao Er-hua, head of the College of Music in the National [Taiwan Normal University|Taiwan Provincial Normal University], offered Cheng Maoyun a position, but he refused. He never returned to Taiwan again. He had a stroke in 1951 in Xi'an, and he died of a second stroke on July 31, 1957.The official university song of the National Central University is also composed by Cheng.