Yang Yinliu

Hong Kong: From left to right: Yang Yinliu, Li Yuanqing, Tan Shuzhen, He Luting, Li Ling, Lu Ji, 1954

Yang Yinliu (simplified Chinese: 杨荫浏; traditional Chinese: 楊蔭瀏; pinyin: Yáng Yìnliú) (1899–1984) was a musicologist from the People's Republic of China. 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[]

• 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)

External links[]

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