戏曲音乐家，京剧琴师杨宝忠，一八九九年出生于北京的梨园世家（祖父杨朵仙，父杨小朵均清末名花旦），原籍安徽，一九六七年文革时因冻饿逝世于天津。九岁从裘桂仙、陈秀华等人学戏。十二岁起，入“双庆班”以“小小朵”艺名在京、津演童伶老生。十六岁因变声辍演，改从孙佐臣、陈彦衡学京胡，并向俄人欧罗普学小提琴。二十四岁拜余叔岩为师，二十七岁再登舞台，先后与雪豔琴、尚小云同台演出。三十二岁起，先后为孟小冬、马连良、言菊朋、奚啸伯、杨宝森等名演员操琴。善将小提琴演奏技术运用在京胡上，形成弓法快捷，音色刚劲清脆，表现力丰富的“杨派”风格。著有《杨宝忠京胡演奏经验谈》一书。一九五九年后，任中国音乐家协会天津分会副主席，天津市戏曲学校副校长。
YANG Bao-zhong
YANG Bao-zhong was born in 1899 in Beijing and passed away in 1967 in Tianjin because of hungry and cold. His grandfather YANG Duo-xian, father YANG Xiao-duo were both famous actors. His ancestral home was in Anhui. When he was nine, he learned acting from QIU Gui-xian and CHEN Xiu-hua. At the age of twelve, he acted the role of old man. And at sixteen years old, he started to learn the jinghu under SUN Zuo-chen and CHEN Yan-heng and the violin from a Russian musician. He became an actor again and learned under YU Shu-yan when he was twenty-four. He started as a jinghu accompanist when he was thirty-two and successively accompanied for MENG Xiao-dong, MA Lian-liang, YAN Ju-peng, XI Xiao-bo, YANG Bao-sen, etc. His performance in jinghu absorbed many techniques from the violin and forms his own performing style. In 1959, he was appointed vice-chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association, Tianjin and assistant director of Tianjin Drama School.