管乐演奏家魏永堂，一九一八年出生于山东省巨野县，逝世于一九七六年，魏氏是鲁西南鼓吹乐著名的演奏家。一九三五年，开始从艺，为职业艺人，一九五四年，参加华东民间音乐小型会演，一九五四年六月，参加省音乐工作组，善长于吹唢呐、竹笛、笙等管乐器，一九五五年，以菏泽著名民间艺人身份参加全国音乐舞蹈会演，获得一等奖。
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.