漢樂箏家羅九香,一九○二年六月十九日出生於廣東省大埔縣石雲區楓朗鄉一商賈之家,一九七八年六月九日病逝於家鄉大埔。一九二三年,羅九香在廣德學校任教期間,常見一背負古箏之盲藝人,為其所奏之箏樂而動心,遂拜其為師。一九二五年起,又師從廣東漢樂前輩何育齋習箏,達五年之久。其間,羅氏常與門生饒淑樞(提胡)、饒叢舉(揚琴)、饒畢初(琵琶)、饒托生(笛),何少卿(箏)、羅及時(簫)等人「和弦子」(合樂),演奏曲目多為何育齋「搜羅考訂」之「中州古調」及「漢臯舊譜」六十首中的樂曲。一九五九年,羅氏應聘到天津音樂學院任教漢樂古箏。一九六○年九月,轉入廣州音樂專科學校專任古箏教師,直至逝世前夕。
LUO Jiu-xiang
LUO Jiu-xiang was born on June 19,1902 in Dabu, Guangdong province and passed away of illness on June 9, 1978 in his hometown. In 1923, when he was a teacher in Guangdong, he loved the zheng music and learned it from a blind artist. In 1925, he further studied the zheng under the famous master HE Yu-zhai of Guangdong Hanyue for five years. During this period, he was used to play in ensemble with RAO Shu-shu (tihu), RAO Cong-ju (yangqin), RAO Bi-chu (pipa), RAO Tuo-sheng (dizi), HE Shao-qing (zheng) and LUO Ji-shi (xiao) on the sixty ancient melodies passed down by HE Yu-zhai. In 1959, he was appointed by the Tianjin Conservatory to teach the zheng of Guangdong Hanyue. In September of 1960, he was transferred to Guangzhou Conservatory to teach zheng music until his death.