管樂演奏家魏永堂，一九一八年出生於山東省鉅野縣，逝世於一九七六年，魏氏是魯西南鼓吹樂著名的演奏家。一九三五年，開始從藝，為職業藝人，一九五四年，參加華東民間音樂小型會演，一九五四年六月，參加省音樂工作組，善長於吹嗩吶、竹笛、笙等管樂器，一九五五年，以菏澤著名民間藝人身份參加全國音樂舞蹈會演，獲得一等獎。
WEI Yong-tang
WEI Yong-tang was born in 1918 in Juye county, Shandong province and passed away in 1976. He was a famous musician of the wind and percussion music of south-west Shandong. In 1935, he started to learn the traditional wind instruments and became a professional musician later. In 1954, he was selected to participate in the Small Joint Performance of Folk Music of Eastern China. In June of that year, he was appointed to join the music work team of Shandong province. He was good at playing the suona, bamboo flute, sheng, etc. In 1955, he was selected to represent Heze of Shandong province to participate in the National Joint Performance of Folk Music and Dance and won a first class award.