江先渭:
笛子演奏家江先渭,一九二四年出生于山东威海一盛行京剧之村落,二零一四年逝世。江氏幼时随兄长习京胡、竹笛、唢呐等乐器。稍长,即往大连「福记班」从事「旧艺」生涯四年。一九四七年参军,在山东军区学兵训练处文工团服役,一九五五年,调华东野战军文工团歌舞团,该团后易为南京军区前线歌舞团,江氏在此任职多年,直至离休。一九六○年代初,江氏以昆曲曲调创作笛曲《姑苏行》,数十年来,流行海内外。一九九四年,该曲原谱由在沪英国留学生约翰‧斯多克改编为长笛曲乐谱,一并收入,英国斯考特公司出版之《中国长笛音乐》乐谱,一九六二年,又与龙飞、朱南溪合作,创作笛曲《脚踏水车唱丰收》。
JIANG Xian-wei
JIANG Xian-wei was born in 1924 in Weihai, Shandong province and passed away in 2014. When he was young, he started to learn the jinghu, dizi, suona, etc. from his elder brother. He used the old techniques to work in Dalian for four years. In 1947, he joined the Chinese People’s Liberation Army and was appointed to the song and dance troupe under the Shandong military region. In 1955, he was transferred to the Song and Dance Troupe of the East China Military Force until his retirement. In the early 1960s, he composed the Travel in Suzhou according to the Kunqu melody which was then well received and was popular everywhere. In 1994, this piece was transcribed to a flute piece by a overseas student in Shanghai and later be published in England. In 1962, he, LONG Fei and ZHU Nan-xi worked together to compose a dixi piece Harvest Song on a Paddle-wheel.