鼓浪屿音乐老人黄桢茂——纪念黄桢茂诞辰100周年

Huang Zhenmao,the Musician from Gu Lang Yu

黄桢茂是菲律宾籍华裔作曲家,出生于厦门鼓浪屿,今年是他的百年诞辰。黄桢茂于1934年到菲律宾。在此后的半个多世纪中,他谱写了总数大约有近500首(部)音乐作品,其中有近200首是圣乐作品,宗教音乐占了他的全部作品中的大部分。他不但谱写圣乐,还指挥、训练圣歌团,毕生坚持不懈地为圣乐事业服务。所以,他被人们尊称为"华人圣乐瑰宝"。此外,黄桢茂还谱写了钢琴曲等器乐小品,艺术歌曲和爱国歌曲,大型器乐和戏剧作品等等。这是中菲音乐的结合的成果,也是中国音乐史不可分割和忽略的重要部分。

Born in Xia Men,China,Huang Zhenmao was a Filipino-Chinese composer whose 100th birthday is being remembered this year.During the 50 plus years of time following his move to the Philippines in 1934 Huang Zhenmao composed nearly 500 pieces among which the majority is religious music.In addition to composing he conducted,trained church choirs,devoting his life to the church.