Whose work is Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon

In 1932, when Ren Guang was the director of the program department of Shanghai Bai Dai Records, he and Nie Er worked together to write a batch of national orchestral music for the Bai Dai National Orchestra to make a record. The piece "Chasing the Moon in Colorful Clouds" was one of them, composed in 1935. 1960, Peng Xiuwen re-orchestrated the piece according to the orchestra of the Central Broadcasting National Orchestra. The piece depicts the fascinating scenery of the vast night sky with a five-tone melody rich in national colors, free modulation in the upper fifth, the flute and erhu, the light rhythm of plucked instruments, the plucked strings of the bass instruments and the open tone of the suspended cymbals. Ren Guang: Ren Guang (1900-1941), pen name Qianfa, born in Sheng County (Chengguan Town), Zhejiang Province, the hometown of Yueju Opera, was a revolutionary musician. Since childhood, he loved folk music, played the zither, and loved to watch Shaoxing Taipan and Lotus Flower Troupe. By the time he entered Sheng County Middle School, he had already learned to play the erhu, brass horn and organ, and was known as a "little musician". After graduating from high school, he was admitted to Shanghai Aurora University, and in 1919 he went to France to study at the music department of the University of Lyon and worked as an apprentice in a piano factory, and after graduating in 1924, he was employed as the manager of Yafo Musical Piano Manufacturing Factory in Annam (present-day Vietnam), and in 1927, after returning to China, he participated in the music group of the left-wing drama association and the songwriters' association, and in 1928, he said goodbye to his French wife and returned to China, where he was appointed director of the music department of the French record company, Baidai Records. In 1928, he said goodbye to his French wife and returned to China, where he worked as the director of the music department of the French record company Baidai Records in Shanghai, composing songs and scoring music for films and plays. 1929, with the help of Tian Han, Ah Ying (Qian Xingcun), Xia Yan and Cai Chusheng, he engaged in the progressive cultural movement. After the September 18th Incident, together with Nie Er and Xian Xinghai, he initiated the organization of the Music Group of the Drama League and the Chinese Emerging Music Research Society, and composed the "Fisherman's Song", which became famous in 1934 when he composed the famous "Fisherman's Song" (an interlude of the progressive film of the same name, starring Zhou Xuan as the lead singer), and then "Fighting Back to the Old Country" and other songs of salvation, which were widely circulated in 1936. In August of the following year, he went to France again and entered the Paris Normal School of Music for further study. He organized and led the Paris Overseas Chinese Chorus and attended the Anti-Fascist Aggression Conference which was attended by representatives from 24 countries. His "Chinese March" was compiled into "Selected Revolutionary Songs of the World". After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he devoted himself to the vigorous anti-Japanese salvation music activities, and composed more than 40 influential anti-Japanese salvation songs and movie songs, such as "Moonlight", "New Lotus Flower Drop", "Earth March", "Fighting Back to the Old Country" (signed by the former), "Sorghum Red", etc. In addition, he also composed the opera "Taichung", which is the most popular song in the world. In addition, he also composed the music for the opera "Taierzhuang" (Hongboqu), and after returning to China in October 1938, he engaged in anti-Japanese propaganda activities in Changsha, Guiyang, etc. In August of the following year, he went to Singapore to carry out anti-Japanese propaganda activities. In August of the following year, he went to Singapore to carry out overseas Chinese singing activities. 1940, Ren Guang followed General Ye Ting from Chongqing to Anhui Province to join the New Fourth Army, and in July 1940, he was engaged in propaganda work at the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army. In July 1940, Ren Guang went to the military headquarters of the New Fourth Army to work on propaganda. He was killed during the Anhui Incident, and his wife Xu Lian was also brutally murdered after being arrested. Chongqing Xinhua Daily published a memorial article, praising him as "the trumpeter of the nation". He composed hundreds of songs in his lifetime. In addition to "Fishing Song" and "Fighting Back Home", his most popular songs include "Moonlight", "New Fengyang Song", "Colored Clouds Chasing the Moon", "March of the Earth", "Wang Qiao ah Wang Qiao", "Farewell, Three Years in the South of Anhui Province", etc. In 1982, the People's Music Publishing House published "Selected Songs of Ren Guan". Nie Er: Nie Er graduated from the First Joint High School of Yunnan Province in 1927. During his school years, Nie Er participated in the activities of the student organization "Reading Club", and organized the "Nine Nine Music Nie Er Society" with his friends, and often took part in performances inside and outside the school. During this period, he also taught himself to play the violin and piano.

In April 1931, Nie Er was admitted to the "Mingyue Song and Dance Theater Society" sponsored by Li Jinhui as a violinist, and in July 1932, he published "A Short Essay on Chinese Song and Dance", and was forced to leave the group because of his criticism of Li. In 1933, Nie Er was introduced by Tian Han to join the Chinese ****anese Communist Party.

In April 1934, Nie Er joined the Baidai Records Company (the predecessor of the China Record Factory) to head the music department, and at the same time established the Baidai National Orchestra (a.k.a. "Samson's National Orchestra"). This was Nie Er's most prolific year, and in early 1935 he composed the famous "March of the Volunteers".

In January 1935, Nie Er became the director of the music department of Lianhua No.2 Factory.

On July 17, 1935, at the age of 23, Nie Er unfortunately drowned while swimming in Fujisawa, Japan, and was also said to have been eaten by sharks, or assassinated by Japanese organs.