Introduction to Yu Sulu Personal information of Yu Sulu
Yu Sulu, during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, served as a garrison in Jinshan County. Later, he changed his service to the Taihu Naval Battalion Office and moved to Suzhou. He once studied at Shen Jingxiu in Shengze, and was proficient in epigraphy and stone studies, calligraphy and Zongbei stele, and was good at identifying calligraphy and painting. Han Huaqing, a native of Lou County, was good at Kunqu opera and learned the singing technique of Ye Tang in Changzhou. Su Lu learned the secrets of music from Han Dynasty. The method pays attention to the weight of the characters, the euphemistic tone of the words, the sound of the knots is deep but not floating, the luck is restrained but not fast; the yin and yang, clear and turbid of the rhyme, the pauses and ups and downs of the melody, the weight, virtuality and solidity of the sound, the tightness, speed, and speed of the rhythm are all required. Especially strict. Known as the "Yu School Singing Method", it has a great influence on the Kunqu opera circles in Jiangnan and western Zhejiang. At the age of 75, he recorded 13 albums for EMI, and all of them were great songs. He is the author of "Du Qu Chu Yan", unpublished. In 1953, his son Yu Zhenfei compiled two volumes of "Su Lu Music Score" based on his family studies.
Amateur Kunqu opera singer. His name was Zonghai, a native of Lou County, Jiangsu Province (now Songjiang County).