1937 10 went to Yan' an Shanbei public school to study, and after graduation, he stayed there as the educational director, director of the political science research office and secretary of the party branch of the music research office. 1Feb. 938, he joined the Music Department of Lu Xun Art College, and after graduation, he stayed in school to study folk music.
1946, went to Ji-cha-re-Liao area to carry out revolutionary literature and art work.
After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, he served as the president of the Victory Drama Club of the Rehe Military Region of China People's Liberation Army, the head of the literary and art working group of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, and the dean of Lu Xun Art College of Hebei-Shandong-Henan Union University.
/kloc-in the spring of 0/949, he led the teachers and students of "Lu Yi" from Jicha Reliao to Shenyang, and carried out revolutionary literature and art work in Northeast China and Liaoning.
After the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC), he served as the head of Northeast Art Troupe, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and music minister of Lu Xun Art College, president of Northeast People's Art Theatre, president of Liaoning People's Art Theatre, cultural expert of Democratic Republic of Vietnam, expert of Myanmar Federal Ministry of Education, chairman of Liaoning Branch of China Musicians Association, deputy director of Propaganda Department of Liaoning Provincial Committee, minister of cultural work, member of All-China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, executive director of China Musicians Association and director of China Folk Art Research Association. 1964, Dean of China Conservatory of Music.
Amber's creative activities began in the late 1930s, and there are more than 300 songs (including 140), yangko operas and operas, which reflect the mission of the party, the voice of the people, the fate of the country, the aspirations of the nation and the requirements of the times in different historical periods. 1938 alone collected more than 20 ballads and won the title of "king of minor". Among them, the most popular are Ancient Paintings of Supporting the Army (also known as Supporting the Eighth Route Army) and Yangko "Brothers and Sisters Open up Land" (written by Wang Dahua, Amber and Route Screenwriter), and the lyrics are taken from the tune of Shaanxi folk song "Killing Antelope" in Yan 'an Yangko Movement. The former performed in the form of "playing flower drums", which was widely circulated in the border area and then sung all over the country. The latter is the first excellent new yangko opera after Yan 'an literature and art rectification. In this work, An Bo creatively used the folk music of northern Shaanxi, which vividly reflected the revolutionary enthusiasm of the working people in the liberated areas in the mass production movement and had an important impact on the development of the Yangko movement and the emergence of new operas. The folk tune of northern Shaanxi selected in "Sacrificing Comrade Zhidan" has become the theme of "mourning" and has been used ever since. He also created a large number of musical works with national characteristics and the spirit of the times, such as Song of the Eighth Route Army's Land Reclamation, July in the Border Region (a folk chorus written by Amber, among which the famous one is Meeting), Down with Chiang Kai-shek, Liberation of China, Because of the Production Party, The War of annihilation in the Sports War and The People Will Be Conquered.
In addition, Amber is also engaged in rap music, opera music, lyrics, long poems, operas and drama scripts. , showing his broad and multifaceted artistic talent in the field of creation. His music creation involves a variety of music genres and forms. In the 1950s, he composed large-scale operas "Monument" and "Set a Fire". Participated in the music reform and vocal music design of Ju Ping's Little Son-in-law and Qin Shu's Dagang and Xiaolan, and made great achievements. 1953 He created a large-scale drama "Spring Breeze Blows to the Nuo Min River", which won the first national drama performance creation award and was made into a film. 1963 wrote a long poem "Ode to Lei Feng" with distinctive national characteristics.
1964 served as the director and music director of the large-scale revolutionary music and dance epic "Dongfanghong". He boldly integrated various art forms such as poetry, recitation, song, dance, song and dance, and painted a magnificent historical picture of the people's revolutionary struggle in China.
An Bo is an important member of China Folk Music Research Association in Yan 'an. He has made a long-term and in-depth investigation and study on folk music. During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he collected music from the people for many times, filled in new words, and arranged songs such as What to Do and Night Camp, which were well received by the people. Later, he systematically collected, sorted out and studied folk songs, rap and opera music in northern Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Northeast China, Anhui and other places, and successively compiled monographs such as Shaanxi Opera Music, Selected Folk Songs of Dongmeng and Selected Vietnamese Folk Songs, and wrote papers such as Northern Shaanxi Ballad Music and Talking about Mongolian Folk Songs, which made a pioneering work for the development of China's national musicology. The Selected Works of Vietnamese Folk Songs (Music Press, 1963) and the preface entitled "Rich and Beautiful Vietnamese Folk Songs" compiled by him in cooperation with Lin Yin also have important academic value. His music works have been compiled into Selected Songs of Amber (People's Music Publishing House, 1982) and Selected Music Works of Amber (Feng Chun Literature and Art Publishing House, 1983). In addition, Amber has written more than 40 papers, such as "Comrade Xinghai is always guiding and inspiring us" and "Working people have created a beautiful art form-folk songs".
He devoted his whole life to music and regarded material interests as foreign things. He insisted on lowering his salary level; Give others good housing. He paid the party dues for most of his contributions, and dedicated them to nurseries, trade unions or comrades with difficulties in life. 1965 died in June 18.