Yang Yinliu (; 10 November 1899 – 25 February 1984) was a Chinese
musicologist
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.
[ ] Among the leading scholars of
Chinese music
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, "his deep historical knowledge and practical musicianship assure his seminal influence on Chinese music study today."
Yinliu's monumental ''Draft History of Chinese Music'' () was published in 1981.
Life and career
He was the editor of the ''Zhongguo Yinyue Cidian'' (中国音乐词典, Dictionary of Chinese Music). He was born in
Wuxi
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,
Jiangsu
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, and was a professor at
Central Conservatory of Music
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Overview
Fo ...
in
Beijing
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.
One part of his research was dedicated to the Chinese folk musician Hua Yanjun (
Abing
Abing ( zh, c= 阿 炳, p=Ābǐng; 20 August 1893 or 3 November 1898 – 4 December 1950), born Hua Yanjun ( zh, t=華彥鈞, s= 华 彦 钧, p= Huá Yànjūn, links=no) was a blind Chinese musician specializing in the ''erhu'' and ''pi ...
) (华彥君- 阿炳, ca. 1893–1950).
References
Citations
Sources
* Yang Yinliu (editor): ''Zhongguo yinyue cidian'' (Dictionary of Chinese Music). Beijing, 1984 (includes short biography)
* ''Zhongguo renming da cidian'' (中国人名大词典 Dictionary of Chinese People, 1992)
* ''Cihai'' (辞海 "Sea of Words," 2003)
Further reading
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External links
Yang Yinliuin Chinese online encyclopedia
Weike
The Life of Abing with a photo of Yang Yinliu
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1899 births
1984 deaths
Chinese musicologists
Musicians from Wuxi
20th-century musicologists
Chinese ethnomusicologists
Educators from Wuxi
Writers from Wuxi