Clarke Piano Method.1

Author: McArthur
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: He Yajie (1926-1998), native of Jining, Shandong. Child music composer, music educator, and child music theorist. In 1944, he enrolled in Beijing Fu Ren University (the predecessor of Beijing Normal University). After graduating in 1948, he began his music career, serving as the head of the publicity section of the third People's Cultural Center in Tianjin. In 1949, he started his music education career, teaching at Tianjin Experimental Primary School, Tianjin Heping District Normal School, Tianjin Xinhua Part-time University, and Tianjin Kindergarten Normal School. During this period, from 1957 to 1959, he studied for two years in the composition class at the Central Conservatory of Music, under the guidance of the Soviet expert Professor Kantsinsky. In 1980, he furthered his studies in the graduate program of the composition department at Tianjin Conservatory of Music.
Before his passing, he was a senior lecturer at Tianjin Kindergarten Normal School, a member of the China Music, and had served as the vice chairman of the Tianjin branch of the China Music, as well as a member of the theoretical composition committee and the education committee. He was also the director of the Tianjin branch of the China Democratic Promotion Party, the head of the selection group for Tianjin's outstanding primary school music teaching demonstrations, and the vice chairman of the Tianjin secondary vocational school senior professional title evaluation committee. He participated in the establishment of the Tianjin Teachers' Choir and held leadership positions.
Since the 1950s, He Yajie has created and published over 300 musical works, including the renowned "Never Waste a Minute," which has won numerous awards and had a significant impact both nationally and in Tianjin. He has also published many articles on music education theory and music criticism. Among his students, many have become leading figures and backbone members of China's music industry, while others have become internationally renowned musicians.