Labor Union - Rouon

Abbreviation for Workers' Music Council. Founded in Osaka in 1949 (Showa 24) with the aim of popularizing music for working people, it adopted the slogans "listen to good music at low prices" and "planning and managing by members". Since then, it has spread to cities all over the country, and in 1955, the National Labor Union Liaison Conference was formed, with 20 affiliated organizations and 130,000 members. In the 1960s, it further expanded its scope of activities, producing musicals such as Tokyo Labor Union's "Kawaii Onna" (1959) and National Labor Union's "Liu Sanjie" (1962-64), as well as participating in choral movements such as "Song of the Forest". Since the late 1960s, the number of members has stagnated due to changes in the times such as the high economic growth, and the advancement of organizations such as Onkyo (a local music culture association under the National Federation of Cultural Organizations) and Min-On (Min-On Foundation). As of 2001, there are 55 affiliated organizations and about 100,000 members.

[Tsutomu Ohshima]

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勤労者音楽協議会の略称。働く者のための音楽普及を目的として、1949年（昭和24）大阪で発足、「良い音楽を安く聞く」「企画運営を会員の手で」をスローガンとした。以後、全国各都市に波及し、55年には全国労音連絡会議が結成され、加盟20団体、会員数13万に達した。さらに60年代にかけて活動の幅を広げ、東京労音の『可愛い女』（1959）、全国労音の『劉三姐(リューサンチェ)』（1962～64）などのミュージカルの自主製作をはじめ、『森の歌』など合唱運動への参加も目だった。1960年代後半以降、高度経済成長などの時勢の変化や、音協（全国文化団体連合傘下の各地音楽文化協会）や民音（財団法人民主音楽協会）などの進出に伴って、会員数は伸び悩んでいる。2001年現在、加盟55団体、会員数約10万。

［大島　勉］

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