楊大鈞:
琵琶演奏家、作曲家、教育家楊大鈞，一九一三年出生於北京，一九八七年逝世。一九二○年代，從米替祥學琵琶，在學期間曾組織國樂研究社演出。一九三一年，考入北京華美術學院國畫系，師從國畫大師齊白石學花鳥畫，在寒暑假期時間又到上海，隨國立音樂院平湖派琵琶大師朱英學習。一九三五年美校畢業，進河北省立大學女子師範學校任音樂、美術教員。其間又從上海派琵琶大師汪昱庭學習。一九四○年，任重慶中央廣播電台特約指揮、琵琶獨奏演員，並兼任教育部音樂教育委員會編輯。一九四二年後，歷任國立女子師範學院音樂系副教授、湖北師範學院音樂系教授兼主任、北京師範大學音樂系教授，並於北平藝術專科學校音樂系教授琵琶。一九五六年後，歷任北京藝術師範學院音樂系教授、中國音樂學院器樂系教授、中央音樂學院民樂系教授等。在一九三○年代，對舊制琵琶作了按十二平均律排列品位的嘗試。其早年創作有琵琶曲《蜀道行》、《血染盧溝橋》；二胡曲《步月吟》、《雙鶯對語》、《勝利曲》；民樂合奏《大地回春》等，一九五六年創作琵琶曲《勝利鑼鼓》。楊氏還編撰和講授中國音樂史，是我國高等音樂學府最早開設音樂史課程的導師。
YANG Da-jun (1913-1987)
In 1913, pipa performer, composer, educationalist, YANG Da-jun was born in Beijing. In 1920, he learned pipa from MI Ti-xiang. In school period, he organized a national music research society and made performances there. In 1931, he was admitted the Beijing China Fine Arts Institute and studied under the Chinese painting master QI Bai-shi. In the winter and summer vacation time, he went to Shanghai to learn Pinghu school pipa pieces under pipa master ZHU Ying. In 1935, he graduated from the art institute, and studied pipa on Shanghai school under pipa master WANG Yu-ting. In 1940, he was the invited conductor of the Chongqing Central Broadcasting Orchestra, and the pipa performer. He held a concurrent post of music education committee in the Ministry of Education. After 1942, he took music as career in most of the Beijing schools and universities. Besides of teaching pipa, he also compiles and teaches the Chinese music history. In 1987, Yang died of illness in Beijing.