楊大鈞:
琵琶演奏家、作曲家、教育家杨大钧，一九一三年出生于北京，一九八七年逝世。一九二○年代，从米替祥学琵琶，在学期间曾组织国乐研究社演出。一九三一年，考入北京华美术学院国画系，师从国画大师齐白石学花鸟画，在寒暑假期时间又到上海，随国立音乐院平湖派琵琶大师朱英学习。一九三五年美校毕业，进河北省立大学女子师范学校任音乐、美术教员。其间又从上海派琵琶大师汪昱庭学习。一九四○年，任重庆中央广播电台特约指挥、琵琶独奏演员，并兼任教育部音乐教育委员会编辑。一九四二年后，历任国立女子师范学院音乐系副教授、湖北师范学院音乐系教授兼主任、北京师范大学音乐系教授，并于北平艺术专科学校音乐系教授琵琶。一九五六年后，历任北京艺术师范学院音乐系教授、中国音乐学院器乐系教授、中央音乐学院民乐系教授等。在一九三○年代，对旧制琵琶作了按十二平均律排列品位的尝试。其早年创作有琵琶曲《蜀道行》、《血染卢沟桥》；二胡曲《步月吟》、《双莺对语》、《胜利曲》；民乐合奏《大地回春》等，一九五六年创作琵琶曲《胜利锣鼓》。杨氏还编撰和讲授中国音乐史，是我国高等音乐学府最早开设音乐史课程的导师。
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.