Nie Er (Composer)
Born: 14th February 1912, Kunming, Yunnan, China
Died: 17th July 1935, Fujisawa, China
Nationality: Chinese
Nie Er born Nie Shouxin, courtesy name Ziyi (子義 or 子藝), was a Chinese composer best known for "March of the Volunteers", the national anthem of People's Republic of China. In numerous Shanghai magazines, he went by the English name George Njal, after a character in Njal's Saga.
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