汉乐筝家罗九香，一九○二年六月十九日出生于广东省大埔县石云区枫朗乡一商贾之家，一九七八年六月九日病逝于家乡大埔。一九二三年，罗九香在广德学校任教期间，常见一背负古筝之盲艺人，为其所奏之筝乐而动心，遂拜其为师。一九二五年起，又师从广东汉乐前辈何育斋习筝，达五年之久。其间，罗氏常与门生饶淑枢（提胡）、饶丛举（扬琴）、饶毕初（琵琶）、饶托生（笛），何少卿（筝）、罗及时（箫）等人“和弦子”（合乐），演奏曲目多为何育斋“搜罗考订”之“中州古调”及“汉皋旧谱”六十首中的乐曲。一九五九年，罗氏应聘到天津音乐学院任教汉乐古筝。一九六○年九月，转入广州音乐专科学校专任古筝教师，直至逝世前夕。
LUO Jiu-xiang
LUO Jiu-xiang was born on June 19,1902 in Dabu, Guangdong province and passed away of illness on June 9, 1978 in his hometown. In 1923, when he was a teacher in Guangdong, he loved the zheng music and learned it from a blind artist. In 1925, he further studied the zheng under the famous master HE Yu-zhai of Guangdong Hanyue for five years. During this period, he was used to play in ensemble with RAO Shu-shu (tihu), RAO Cong-ju (yangqin), RAO Bi-chu (pipa), RAO Tuo-sheng (dizi), HE Shao-qing (zheng) and LUO Ji-shi (xiao) on the sixty ancient melodies passed down by HE Yu-zhai. In 1959, he was appointed by the Tianjin Conservatory to teach the zheng of Guangdong Hanyue. In September of 1960, he was transferred to Guangzhou Conservatory to teach zheng music until his death.