江南絲竹音樂家陳永祿，一九一二年出生於上海，一九九四年九月三日病故於廣西南寧，享年八十二歲。陳氏字劼之，原籍浙江慈愛，家境貧寒，早年喪父。少時即喜絲竹，小學時開始習二胡、笛與月琴。中學時習箏、簫。後又隨金忠信、張麗生習二胡，隨汪昱庭習琵琶，隨張志翔習揚琴，隨汪孟舒習古琴。一九二七年，在上海加入潘小雅主持之「雲和音樂會」，一九三五年，參加由汪昱庭、金忠信為導師的紗布聯誼會國樂組，一九三七年「雲和音樂會」遷入「租界」，由陳氏主持該會活動，一九四七年「雲和音樂會」易名為「雲和國樂學會」，陳氏任會長。一九五四年，以二胡與孫裕德之洞簫合奏《薰風曲》，其「跪指」、「墊指滑音」與音色，別有風韻，獨具一格，錄製唱片後，更風靡全國。同年在北京中央新聞電影製片廠民族樂團任職，著名故事影片《祝福》中之二胡獨奏部分即由其演奏。在京滬期間，王范地、王行珍、宋應文、陳澤民、金培根、閔華璐、閔華玉及張徵明等均得其教益。
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.