page_title: Nie Er
section_title: Compositions
hierarchical_section_title: Nie Er / Compositions
caption_attribution_description: English: Nie Er Pavilion, in the Turtle Head Park. Originally a small attic in Chen's garden, in 1934, Shanghai Lianhua Film Co. Ltd. shot the exterior scene for film "Road" and Ni Er lived here to compose music. After foundation of the People's Republic it's named Ni Er Pavilion and is added with memorial room and bust of Nie Er.
context_page_description: Nie Er, born Nie Shouxin, courtesy name Ziyi, was a Chinese composer best known for "March of the Volunteers", the national anthem of China. In numerous Shanghai magazines, he went by the English name George Njal, after a character in Njal's Saga.
context_section_description: Nie Er wrote a total of 37 pieces in his life, all in the three years before his death. A significant proportion of these songs reflected working class life and struggles. He often collaborated with lyricist Tian Han.
  Apart from "March of the Volunteers", his other important works include:
  1932:
  "March" (进行曲)
  "Waltz" (圆舞曲)
  "Love of Family Union" (天伦之爱)
  1933:
  "Miners' Song" (开矿歌)
  "Song of Hunger and Cold Suffering" (饥寒交迫之歌)
  "Song of Newsboy" (卖报歌)
  1934:
  "Out of Studio" (走出摄影场)
  "A Female Star" (一个女明星)
  "Snow Flying" (雪飞花)
  "Spring Dawn on the Green Lake" (翠湖春晓), instrumental piece
  "Snowflakes Flutter" (雪花飞)
  "Dance of the Golden Snake" (金蛇狂舞), arranged from the last fast section of the Jiangnan sizhu piece "Yang Ba Qu" 阳八曲 (Yáng Bā Qǔ, "Yang Eight Tune"), also called Fan Wang Gong 梵王宫 (Fàn Wáng Gōng, "Fa as Mi") or 梵皇宫 (Fàn Huáng Gōng)
  "Zhaojun He Fan" (昭君和番)
  "Little Wild Cat" (小野猫)
  "Song of Making Bricks" (打砖歌)
  "Dock Workers' Song" (码头工人歌)
  "Song of Labor Force" (苦力歌)
  "Graduation Song" (毕业歌)
  "Song of the Broad Road" (大路歌)
  "Pioneers" (开路先锋)
  "Song of Whirling Flowers" (飞花歌)
  1935:
  "Leaving Southeast Asia" (告别南洋)
  "Spring is Coming Back" (春回来了)
  "Song of Comfort" (慰劳歌)
  "Song of Mei Niang" (梅娘曲)
  "Tone of Fugitive" (逃亡曲)
  "Village Girl of the Steppes" (塞外村女)
  "Hit the Changjiang River" (打长江)
  "Song of Picking Water Chestnuts" (采菱歌)
  "Singing Girl Downtrodden" (铁蹄下的歌女)
  "Small Worker" (小工人)
  "Song of Wounded Soldier" (伤兵歌)
  "Progress Song" (前进歌)
  "Song of White Snow" (白雪歌)
  "Song of Picking Tea" (采茶歌)
  "Love Song of Tea Mountain" (茶山情歌)
  "New Woman" (新女性)
  Storm on the Yangtze (扬子江暴风雨) (an opera)
caption: Nie Er Pavilion, in the Turtle Head Park, Wuxi. Originally a small attic in Chen's garden, in 1934, Shanghai Lianhua Film Co. Ltd. shot the exterior scene for film The Big Road and Ni Er lived here to compose music.
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