羅忠镕，作曲家、教授，1924年生于四川省，三臺縣。

1942年在四川藝術專科學校開始學小提琴，1944年轉入上海音樂專科學校繼續學習。

1949年于上海音樂學院干部專修班教和聲學；1951年到北京中央樂團創作組工作；1960年開始，同時在中央音樂學院作曲系兼授作曲課；1985年任中國音樂學院作曲系教授。

1985年獲德意志聯邦共和國“德國學術交流中心（DAAD）”（DeutscherAkademicher Austauschdienst）學者獎學金，受邀前往西柏林從事創作和其他音樂活動，并在柏林舉行了作品音樂會。

2004年獲中國音樂金鐘獎“終身榮譽勛章”。

主要音樂作品：

管弦樂曲：《第一交響曲》《第二交響曲“在烈火中永生”》，交響序曲《慶祝十三陵水庫落成典禮序曲》《江南序曲》，交響音詩《江姐》《保衛延安》《暗香》《羅錚畫意》，管弦樂組曲《洪湖赤衛隊交響組曲》《四川組曲》《廣東民間樂曲三首》《蒙古舞曲兩首》；

室內樂隊樂曲：《弦樂三章》《琴韻》；

室內樂：《弦樂四重奏》四部，《管樂五重奏》《圓號與鋼琴奏鳴曲》，三重奏《同均三宮》；

民樂重奏與獨唱：《唐人絕句五首》《送別》；

鋼琴曲：《小奏鳴曲》三首，《五首無聲音階前奏曲與賦格》《鋼琴曲三首》；

藝術歌曲二十余首。

在音樂理論方面，出版著作《作曲初步練習》和譯作《作曲技法》《勛伯格和聲學》等八部，并發表學術論文，如《譚小麟藝術歌曲的和聲硏究》和《嫦娥自述》等多篇。

BIOGRAPHY OF LUO ZHONGRONG

Luo Zhongrong, Chinese composer and professor, born in Sichuan, China, started music lessons in 1942 at Sichuan Provincial Art Academy in violin. He continued violin courses at Shanghai Music Academy to which he transferred in 1944.

Luo taught harmony in 1949 at Shanghai Conservatory of Music. From 1951 he worked as resident composer at Central Philharmonic Society. He also gives composition lessons in the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. In 1985 he became professor at China Conservatory of Music and has lectured there on composition and harmony.

In 1985, holding Deutscher Akademicher Austauschdienst (DAAD) scholarship, he was in West Berlin, where concert of his works was given with success.

His principal compositions are:

(1) Orchestra: two symphonies, two overtures, five symphonic poems,five suites.

(2) Chamber Music: four string quartets, Wind Quintet, Sonata for French Horn and Piano, and Three Movements for Strings,Tune of the Qin for Qin and Chamber Orchestra.

(3) Piano solo: three sonatinas, Five Pentatonic Preludes and Fugues, and three Piano Pieces.

(4) Vocal music: more than twenty art songs, many chorus and arrangements.

Besides musical compositions,Luo undertook the translation of musical books from English into Chinese. The following translated works have been printed:Paul Hindemith's Traditional Harmony (book 1 and 2), The Craft of Musical Composition (vol.1 and 2), Alnord Shoenberg's Theory of Harmony, George Perle's Serial Composions and Atonality, Ellen Forte's The Structure of Atonal Music.