page_title: Hwang Yau-tai
section_title: Family
hierarchical_section_title: Hwang Yau-tai / Family
caption_attribution_description: English: Hwang Yau-tai and family in Hong Kong, 1955.
context_page_description: Hwang Yau-tai or Huang Yau-tai was a Chinese musician, writer and composer. He wrote over 2000 compositions, the most popular being "Azaleas," which was written in 1941 during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
context_section_description: Hwang had three daughters, Mimi, Jane, and Nancy, to whom he dedicated his 1988 songbook, Lyrical Pieces for Piano Solo (with Vocal Score).
  In 1960, Hwang composed two songs for his 11-year-old daughter Nancy, who showed him some of her poems. "Death of a Deer" and "Luckless Day" for mezzo-soprano solo and pianoforte accompaniment were published later in 1967 by Lucky Music Copy Service in Kowloon, Hong Kong.
  Hwang married Liu Feng-hsien in 1943, but after living apart for over 20 years, the couple formally divorced in 1965.
caption: Hwang Yau-tai and family in Hong Kong, 1955.
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