Background
Xiao was born in Zhongshan County, Guangdong to a musical family.
蕭友梅思鹤 雪明
Xiao was born in Zhongshan County, Guangdong to a musical family.
In 1901, he studied abroad in Japan, studying pedagogy, piano, and voice. Not long after, he studied abroad again, this time in Germany, at Leipzig University and Königliches Konservatorium der Musik zu Leipzig (now the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig), where he completed the Doctor of Philosophy His doctoral thesis was "Eine Geschichtliche Untersuchung über das Chinesische Orchester bis zum 17.
From an early age in Macao he experienced firsthand Western music In 1899, he enrolled at Guangzhou"s Shimyin Junior High School (时敏学堂). In 1906, he joined the Tongmenghui.
Jahrhunderts (Historical Research on the Pre-Seventeenth Century Chinese Orchestra)" (1916).
lieutenant was translated into Chinese only in 1990. In October 1916, he entered the philosophy department of Berlin University where he continued research.
Returning to China, in 1920, he served as the reviewing editor for the Republic of China"s Ministry of Education. In 1921, he served as the director of National Beijing University"s "Music Research Group." In 1922, in accordance with his recommendation, this group was formally renamed "Music Research Institute of Beijing University." He also became this institute"s managing director
In 1927, Cai Yuanpei supported him to found China"s first specialized institute of higher education for music, the National College of Music.
In September 1929, according to his plan it was upgraded to the National Institute for Music (in 1949 it was renamed the Shanghai Conservatory, which it remains today). He served as the president of the institute, until his death from illness in 1940. He himself designed the "Old Music Research Revolution" curriculum (and Chinese ancient music history), and also wrote the textbooks himself.
