Kim Hyung-jun

...When the novelist Kim Hyung-jun (born in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province) published his novel "Soul of a Maiden," he composed a violin piece entitled "Sorrow" and placed the sheet music on the cover of the book. Upon seeing the beautiful melody, musician Kim Hyung-jun wrote the lyrics, "Oh Balsam blooming in the shade of the fence, you look pitiful" (first half of the first stanza), as a metaphor for the unjust situation the Korean people found themselves in at the time. After the famous soprano Kim Cheon-ae sang this piece in her unique, almost crazy style, it spread throughout the country. ...

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…京畿道水原出身)が小説《乙女の魂》を出版するとき，本の扉に〈哀愁〉と題するバイオリン曲を作曲して楽譜をのせたのが原曲である。その美しい旋律を見た音楽家金享俊は，〈垣根の陰に咲く鳳仙花よ，君の姿はあわれなれば〉(第1節前半)と，当時の朝鮮の人々のおかれた不当な状況を比喩して作詞した。この曲を，有名なソプラノ歌手金天愛が狂わんばかりの独特の唱法でうたって以来，全国的に広がった。…

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