Dictionary of Chinese Musicians

Author: Huang Shengquan, Editor-in-Chief
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Publishing Date: 2006-08-01
Features: ★ Large 16K hardcover, People's Publishing House first edition in 1998, reprinted in 2006; this group purchase is of the 2006 second printing, second edition ★ The entire book has 1,464 pages, totaling 2,658,000 words, with elder musicians Lü Ji and He Luting serving as honorary consultants, musician Yin Xiaoxing as the chief planner, and musicologist Huang Shengquan as the editor-in-chief ★ The entries primarily feature members of the China Music, including musicians from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and overseas Chinese communities ★ It holds the value of a precious artistic personnel archive and also showcases, to some extent, the artistic styles of each musician. From these career resumes, one can also see how musicians choose historical artistic coordinates and strive to fulfill the mission bestowed by the times
I. This dictionary includes biographies of 3,968 Chinese musicians, covering composers, conductors, singers, instrumentalists, music theorists, music educators, music activists, and lyricists. Those included are: members of the China Music; members of the China Music Literature Society; members of the China Folk Music Society; influential elder musicians since the May Fourth New Culture Movement; outstanding musicians from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, and overseas Chinese communities, etc.
II. Most entries are written in person by the included individuals (for the deceased, family members write on their behalf), and are finalized after multiple revisions by the authors, ensuring accuracy and reliability.
III. The length of each entry depends on the amount of information available to the editorial committee (including materials provided by the authors).
IV. This dictionary is arranged in the order of the Pinyin names of the included individuals, with single-character names listed first and double-character names second. For easier reference, a surname stroke index is also provided (ordered by the number of strokes in the surname).
V. Each entry includes the name (including original name, former names, pseudonyms, etc.), birth date (for deceased musicians, birth and death years are indicated in parentheses), gender (males are not specified), native place, ethnicity (Han Chinese are not specified), professional title (those below intermediate level are not specified), affiliated institutions, social affiliations, main career experiences, and artistic achievements. General summaries or comments are avoided, and content unrelated to music is not included.
VI. The data in this dictionary is current as of May 2006. Upon reprinting, it will be supplemented and revised as necessary.