Tan Xiaolin

Tan Xiaolin (Chinese: 谭小麟; pinyin: Tán Xiǎolín; Wade–Giles: T'an Hsiao-lin; April 25, 1911 – August 1, 1948) was a Chinese composer. He was born in Shanghai to parents from Kaiping, Guangdong. He composed works for Chinese instruments and several art songs while studying music theory and the pipa at the Shanghai Conservatory. In 1939, he traveled to the United States, where he did further studies at Oberlin College and at Yale, where he studied with Paul Hindemith.