About Yang Yinliu
Lived 1899 – 1984 (aged 84–85). Yang Yinliu was a Chinese musicologist and university teacher.
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."
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).
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Who was Yang Yinliu?
Chinese musicologist (1899–1984)
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Yang Yinliu was born in 1899 in Wuxi.
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Yang Yinliu died in 1984.
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Yang Yinliu was a musicologist and university teacher.
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Yang Yinliu was Chinese.
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