(b Nanhui county, Shanghai, March 1922). Chinese pipa player. Lin's musical training began with his father, himself a talented multi-instrumentalist. He also trained as a doctor of (Chinese) medicine, graduating in 1941. In 1942 Lin began pipa lessons under the tutelage of Shen Haochu (1899–1953), a leading player in the Pudong school of performance. After working for some years in Shanghai, Lin was appointed in 1956 to the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. Lin has been influential as recitalist, as teacher and as an editor of pipa scores and methods.
Pipa yanzoufa [Pipa performance technique] (Beijing, 1958)
Pipa sanshi ke [30 lessons for pipa] (Beijing, 1984)
Pipa jiaoxuefa [Pipa study method] (Shanghai, 1989)
Lin Shicheng pipa qu xuan [Selection of pipa pieces by Lin Shicheng] (Hong Kong, 1990)
and other resources
Fei Yun: ‘Yongnian Huapu cheng meimiao de qinsheng: ji pipa yanzoujia, yinyue jiaoyujia Lin Shicheng’ [Using the old Hua score to make splendid sounds: a record of pipa musician and music educator Lin Shicheng], Youmei de xuanlü piaoxiang de ge – Jiangsu lidai yinyuejia, ed. Yi Ren (Nanjing, 1992), 283–6
J. Myers: The Way of Pipa: Structure and Imagery in Chinese Lute Music (Kent, OH, 1992), 30–31
Zhongguo yinyue cidian xubian [Dictionary of Chinese music, supplementary vol.] (Beijing, 1992), 114
Chine: l'art du pipa, Ocora C 680 046 (1993)
JONATHAN P.J. STOCK