Yang Yinliu

Yang Yinliu (; 10 November 1899 – 25 February 1984) was a Chinese musicologist. Among the leading scholars of Chinese music, "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, Jiangsu, and was a professor at Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.

One part of his research was dedicated to the Chinese folk musician Hua Yanjun (Abing) (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

External links

• Yang Yinliu in Chinese online encyclopedia Weike
• The Life of Abing , with a photo of Yang Yinliu