江南丝竹音乐家陈永禄，一九一二年出生于上海，一九九四年九月三日病故于广西南宁，享年八十二岁。陈氏字劼之，原籍浙江慈爱，家境贫寒，早年丧父。少时即喜丝竹，小学时开始习二胡、笛与月琴。中学时习筝、箫。后又随金忠信、张丽生习二胡，随汪昱庭习琵琶，随张志翔习扬琴，随汪孟舒习古琴。一九二七年，在上海加入潘小雅主持之「云和音乐会」，一九三五年，参加由汪昱庭、金忠信为导师的纱布联谊会国乐组，一九三七年「云和音乐会」迁入「租界」，由陈氏主持该会活动，一九四七年「云和音乐会」易名为「云和国乐学会」，陈氏任会长。一九五四年，以二胡与孙裕德之洞箫合奏《薰风曲》，其「跪指」、「垫指滑音」与音色，别有风韵，独具一格，录制唱片后，更风靡全国。同年在北京中央新闻电影制片厂民族乐团任职，著名故事影片《祝福》中之二胡独奏部分即由其演奏。在京沪期间，王范地、王行珍、宋应文、陈泽民、金培根、闵华璐、闵华玉及张征明等均得其教益。
CHEN Yong-lu Born in Shanghai in 1912 and died in 1994. He was a specialist in Jiangnan music. Since very young, he liked music very much and learned different instruments from many famous teachers. In 1927, he joined the Yunhe Music Association in Shanghai. In 1935, he joined another music group lead by the famous pipa master Wang Yu-ting. In 1937,- he took over the leadership of the Yunhe Music Association and changed its name to Yunhe Folk Music Association. In 1954, he made a special Jiangnan music recording with the Xiao expert-Sun Yude- and gained great success because of his super techniques. In the same year, he worked in the traditional orchestra of the Beijing Central News and Movie Production Group. His erhu solos had appeared in many famous films. During his years in Beijing and Shanghai, he had brought up many outstanding students who became the most important masters in the folk music field.