Mao Yuan (茅沅, 1926–October 10, 2022) was a Chinese composer. One of his renowned works is
Dance of the Yao People (瑶族舞曲). He was for many years one of the resident composers of the
CNOH producing such works as the 1966
gejuThe Great Wall of the South Seas, co-composed with Ma Fei.[1][2] In 1982 the
Houston Ballet commissioned the ballet The Bamboo Painter, Zheng Banqiao.[3]
References
^A Critical History of New Music in China - Page 346 Jingzhi Liu, Caroline Mason - 2010 " Nanhai Changcheng [The Great Wall of the South Seas] by Mao Yuan and
^San Francisco Symphony playbill - Page 106 San Francisco Symphony Orchestra - 2007 "Mao Yuan: Dance of the Yao People - Yuan, born in 1926, was for many years composer-in-residence for China's Central Opera Theater. He has also worked in the West. In 1982, the Houston Ballet Company introduced his ballet The Bamboo Painter, Zheng Banqiao, which it had commissioned, and he has been a visiting scholar in the United States under the auspices of the US-China Arts Exchange Center...."