During my stay in Japan, I participated in the "Chinese Revolutionary League" and reported on Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary activities. 19 12 After the founding of the Republic of China, he served as the secretary of Sun Yat-sen's temporary presidential palace; In June 5438+10 in the same year, he went abroad again and studied at Leipzig University and Leipzig Conservatory of Music in Germany successively, obtaining a doctorate in philosophy. 1920 After returning to China, he served as the editor of Beijing Ministry of Education, merged into the experimental primary school attached to higher normal school as the director, and founded Beijing Women's Normal School with Yang Zhong and others in September. After returning to Beijing, he met with Cai Yuanpei, president of Peking University. At that time, Cai Yuanpei had organized a music research conference in Peking University and published a music magazine. After reading the magazine, Xiao Youmei wrote articles for him one after another, and accepted the invitation of Cai Yuanpei to be a lecturer and music research tutor in the philosophy department of Peking University. 1922 After the establishment of Peking University Music Studio, he served as the academic director; 1923 the music department of Beijing institute of nationalities art was established and concurrently served as the department head. 1926, Beiyang government destroyed art education and ordered the cancellation of music departments in various schools. Xiao Youmei was forced to go south. With the support of Cai Yuanpei, 1927+0 1 established the National Conservatory of Music in Shanghai. This is the earliest institution of higher music in China's modern history. Xiao was the first academic director and the dean in the second year. 1929, the college was renamed as "National Conservatory of Music" and served as president until 1940, 12 and 3 1, and died in Shanghai. Xiao is a pioneer of modern professional music education in China. He devoted his life to education and made great contributions to music creation. * * * has written 100 many songs and works of other genres. 1922 and 1923, people's albums "Today's Music" and "New Songs" were published one after another. The most influential songs are Wen, Qing, Flying in the Wild South, Patriotic Songs of the May 4th Movement and National Shame. In addition, he also wrote "General Music" and many books and textbooks introducing western technology theory. At the same time, Mr. Xiao also trained a large number of outstanding early modern music talents from Xian Xinghai, He Lvting, Li Huanzhi and so on. His hard work, diligent school running and hands-on management have laid a solid foundation for the development of China's music industry and created immortal brilliant achievements. 1982165438+1On October 27th, the Shanghai Conservatory of Music celebrated its 55th anniversary, and held a grand ceremony to inaugurate the bronze statue of Xiao Zhimei, in order to commemorate his immortal achievements in establishing the first higher conservatory of music in China.