Education
Ren studied in Paris beginning in 1919, and there acquired the techniques of music composition.
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Ren Guang
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Career
Among his best-known compositions are Song of the Fishermen (渔光曲, Yú Guāng Qǔ) used as the theme song for a film of the same name, and Colourful Clouds Chasing the Moon (彩云追月, Cǎi Yún Zhuī Yuè). He also invited the musician Huang Yijun to compose The Flowers are Blooming and the Moon is Full (花好月圆) which was included on a 1935 recording Ren Guang supervised. He died in the Wannan Incident (also called the New Fourth Army Incident, during the Second Sino-Japanese War) in Wannan, southern Anhui, in January 1941.
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Born
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1941 (aged 40) -
Nationality
People's Republic of China