Hwang Yau-tai or Huang Yau-tai was a Chinese musician, writer and composer. He wrote over 2000 compositions, the most popular being "Azaleas," which was written in 1941 during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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Chinese music composer Hwang Yau-tai was a concert violinist before studying composition in Rome, Italy. Photo taken in Hong Kong, 1951.
Hwang Yau-tai in the late '50s at Villa Borghese in Italy. Photographer unknown
The "Three Friends of Winter": Composer Hwang Yau-tai (left) with composer Lin Sheng-shih and lyricist Harold H. T. Wei (Han-zhang Wei) in Hong Kong, mid 1960s
Hwang Yau-tai and family in Hong Kong, 1955.
Hwang Yau-tai receives a banner ("Revitalizing Music & Dance") commemorating his visit to Taiwan to give music lectures for teachers and students late '60s.
Chiang Kai-shek and Chinese music composer Hwang Yau-tai in Taipei, Taiwan September 1968. Hwang would later compose the memorial song for Chiang Kai-shek's funeral in 1975.
March 2010 program for Hwang Yau-tai memorial concert in Houston, Texas.Musicians from China 6
About this person
Country
ChinaCategory
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1912 to 2010 · aged 98
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5 languages
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