李廷松:
琵琶演奏家李廷松，一九零六年二月十日出生於上海，祖籍江蘇蘇州，一九七六年八月十一日病逝於北京。李氏高中畢業後，在洋行任「跑街」；一九三零年後，在其父開辦之搪瓷廠任職經理。少時喜愛絲竹之樂，十五歲開始學習琵琶，由詹啟宏啟蒙，其後從遊於施頌伯、吳夢飛等，最後經胡光介紹，師事琵琶名宿汪昱庭數載，潛心研習，得汪氏器重，盡得其藝，為汪氏琵琶承傳之代表人物。一九五三年起，李氏先後任教於中央音樂學院、天津音樂學院、中國人民解放軍總政治部文工團、瀋陽音樂學院、哈爾濱藝術學院與吉林藝專等，並為中國音樂研究所特約演奏員。一九六四年九月，李氏在《音樂論叢》第五輯上發表《傳統琵琶的音律和音階》一文，對界內之影響尤深。一九八二年十二月，他演奏的十首琵琶樂曲，由其子李光祖整理成《琵琶古曲‧李廷松演奏譜》出版。
LI Ting-song
On February 10, 1906, pipa performer LI Ting-song was born in Shanghai, his ancestral home was in Jiangsu Suzhou. After the high school graduation, he was appointed as a salesman. After 1930, he worked in his father’s factory as manager. He liked music when he was young. By 15 years old, he learned pipa from ZHAN Qi-hong, SHI Song-bo and WU Meng-fei. Finally studied under WANG Yu-ting several years. In 1953, LI began his teaching career in the Central Conservatory, the Tianjin conservatory and most of the music institutes in the northern part of China. He is also a special researcher of the Music Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Arts. In September 1964, he publishes the article Temperament and Scale of Traditional Pipa. In December 1982, Beijing’s People Music Publication published a book Ten Ancient Scores on Pipa of LI Ting-song for him. On August 11, 1976, Li died of illness in Beijing.