華彥鈞，一八九三年八月生於江蘇無錫東亭鄉，一九五○年十二月四日與世長辭，享年五十八歲，他是無錫雷尊殿當家道士華清和的獨生子，別名阿炳。阿炳自幼從父學習多種民族樂器，並很快地掌握這些樂器的性能，四歲喪母，二十一歲患眼疾，逐漸惡化，二十六、七歲時瞎了一隻眼睛，因此得不到齋主們的歡迎。三十歲離開道門，以賣唱和演奏樂器為生。三十五歲時雙目失明，從此流浪街頭，被稱為「瞎子阿炳」。他一生遭遇坎坷，但愛憎分明，用自己的歌喉和手中的樂器，對社會上的邪惡勢力、卑劣行為進行暴露和抨擊。報上的新聞他唱，聽來的新聞他也敢唱。抗戰期間他還編寫過《漢奸的下場》等歌詞，抗戰勝利後他對國民政府的統治極為不滿，他亦編寫歌詞，對時政進行了無情的揭露。一九五○年，楊蔭瀏先生對他進行採訪時，錄下了他創作和傳譜的二胡曲《二泉映月》、《聽松》、《寒春風曲》及琵琶曲《大浪淘沙》、《昭君出塞》、《龍船》六首樂曲。正當他苦盡甜來的時候，他所會的幾百首樂曲還沒有來得及錄音，便與世長辭了，這六曲就成了遺響。
HUA Yan-jun
HUA Yan-jun was born in August 1893 in Dongting, Wuxi, Jiangsu province and passed away on December 4, 1950. He was a renowned folk musician also alias Ah Bing. He was the only son of the Taoist priest HUA Qing-he alias Xue-mei, who was in charge of the Leizun Temple in Wuxi. Since his childhood, Ah Bing had been learning many instruments from his father. When Ah Bing was four years old, his mother died. When he was about twenty six or twenty seven, one of his eyes became blind, and at the age of thirty, he left the Taoist world and began to earn his living by singing and playing instruments. At the age of thirty five, he became totally blind, and people started to call him “Ah Bing the Blind”. His life was miserable, but he kept a firm moral stance. He sang the news from the press and also news that he heard from other people. After the victory of the War against Invasion, he was very disappointed by the rule of the Government, and he sang songs criticizing openly the exploitation of the people by the government and the serious problem of inflation. In 1950, when YANG Yin-liu visited him, he made recordings of six pieces of music that he composed or passed down. When people began to recognize his artistic achievements, before recording down the hundreds of works in his repertoire, he passed away unfortunately at the age of fifty eight. However, his music travels around the world and has touch the hearts of an untold number of people.