Lü Chi

Lü Chi 

Born 1909. Chinese composer, musicologist, and public figure. Member of the Communist Party of China.

In the late 1930’s Lu Chi became famous for his mass songs. During the war against Japan (1937-45), he headed the music faculty of the Lu Hsin Academy of Arts in Yenan, the capital of the liberated areas. He wrote such popular revolutionary songs as “March of the Border Troops.” In 1949 he became chairman of the All-China Association of Literature and Art and deputy director of the Central Conservatory in T’ien-ching. Lii Chi is the author of many articles on problems of musical culture. During the 1950’s he frequently visited the USSR. In 1966, during the “cultural revolution” in China, he was persecuted.