Wang Luobin (1913-1996), born in
Beijing, was a composer, folk musician and member of Chinese Musicians'
Association.
1931: He was admitted by the Department of
Music of Beijing Normal University;
1934: He dropped out of university and
worked as a middle school teacher;
1937: He served in the northwestern
battlefield of the Eighth Route Army;
1938: He joined in an anti-war opera group
in Lanzhou in Northwest China;
1941: He was in jail;
1944: He was out of jail and worked as a
middle school teacher in Qinghai Province in Southwest China;
1949: He went to Xinjiang and worked
there;
1960: He was put in prison and stay there
for 15 years;
1979: He worked in Battle Song and Dance
Troupe in Lanzhou;
Wang Luobin, since 1937, was engaged in
collecting folk songs of ethnic groups in Northwest regions. He was thus honored
as "The King of Folk Singer in Western Regions".