Guan Pinghu

Guan Pinghu with guqin

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Guǎn Pínghú

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Guan.

Painting by Guan Pinghu, 1944

Guan Pinghu (管平湖) (March 4, 1897– March 28, 1967), was a leading player of the guqin (古琴), a Chinese 7-string bridgeless zither. Born in Suzhou, Jiangsu, Guan came from an artistic family, and started to learn the guqin from his father, Guan Nianci. After the death of his father when he was thirteen, Guan continued with his father’s friend Ye Shimeng and Zhang Xiangtao. He also studied with the leading players of three different schools; Yang Zongji (1865–1933), the leading player in Beijing, the Daoist Qin Heming, and the Buddhist monk Wucheng.

Before 1949, Guan did some teaching at the Yenching University, but had most of his meager income from selling paintings and repairing old musical instruments and furniture.

In 1952, he became a teacher and assistant researcher at the Zhongyang Yinyue Xueyuan (Central Conservatory of Music) and a leading force at the Beijing Guqin Yanjiuhui (Beijing Guqin Research Institute), both in Beijing. He also recreated and performed many pieces, including Guangling San (《廣陵散》), Youlan (《碣石調幽蘭》- Secluded Orchid), and Hujia Shiba Pai (《胡笳十八拍》 – Eighteen Songs of a Nomad Flute), that only existed as notation through a process known as dapu (打譜).^[1] These pieces have become part of the core repertory of guqin music. Though he trained few prominent students, Guan's numerous recordings – notable for their austerity, subtlety, and bold presentation – have exerted wide and continuing influence.

In 1977, a recording of "Liu Shui" (流水; Stream), as performed by Guan, was chosen to be included in the Voyager Golden Record, a gold-plated LP recording containing music from around the world, which was sent into outer space by NASA on the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 spacecraft. It is the longest excerpt included on the disc (lasting seven minutes and 37 seconds) and the only excerpt of Chinese music.

References

↑ Dapu

New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell (London, 2001).

Guqin (古琴)

Aesthetics Construction Contemporary players History Literature Notation Playing technique Popular culture Qinpu Schools Societies Strings Tuning Yaji

Melodies	Ao Ai Guangling San Hujia Shiba-pai Jieshi Diao Youlan Liu Shui Meihua Sannong Pingsha Luoyan Xiao Xiang Shuiyun Yangguan Sandie

Schools	Guangling Jiuyi Lingnan Mei'an Pucheng Shu Yushan Zhe Zhucheng

Societies	Jinyu Qin Society London Youlan Qin Society New York Qin Society North American Guqin Association

Historical personages	Bo Ya Cai Yan Cai Yong Confucius Guo Chuwang Ruan Ji Emperor Song Huizong Xi Kang Zhu Quan

Players	Cheng Yu Gong Yi Guan Pinghu Li Xiangting Lin Youren Wu Jinglüe Wu Zhaoji Zeng Chengwei Zha Fuxi Zhang Ziqian

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 31650265 MusicBrainz: 2eaf9b7c-cc22-4ad6-b965-9dd2240ac9b7

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Guan Pinghu

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