Tan Kun-giok

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Tan.
Tan Kun-giok
Chinese name 陳君玉 (traditional)
Pe̍h-ōe-jī Tân Kun-gio̍k (Hokkien)
Born 1905
Taiwan under Japanese rule
Died March 4, 1963 (1963-03-05) (aged 57)
Taiwan
Occupation Songwriter and author
Label(s) Columbia Record

Tan Kun-giok (Chinese: 陳君玉; 1905 – March 4, 1963), also known as Chen Chun-yu in Mandarin, was a Taiwanese songwriter and author[1] born in Dadaocheng. He wrote many Hokkien songs such as Thiau Bu Si Tai (跳舞時代) and Siu Be Toa Kang Tiau (想要彈像調), and had served as an officer of the Columbia Record, a Japanese-owned disc company. Tan could speak Mandarin Chinese fluently, he was an introducer of Mandarin to postwar Taiwan.[1] Chen died from hepatic cancer in 1963.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "台語歌樂的諍友陳君玉逝". Radio Taiwan International. Retrieved July 9, 2008.
  2. ↑ "台灣歌樂的諍友陳君玉". Radio Taiwan International. Retrieved July 9, 2008.


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