Tan Kun-giok

Tan Kun-giok (Traditional 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. ^ ^{a b} "台語歌樂的諍友陳君玉逝". Radio Taiwan International. http://www.rti.org.tw/taiwan/TaiwanHistory.aspx?id=230&Month=3. Retrieved 2008-07-09. 
2. ^ "台灣歌樂的諍友陳君玉". Radio Taiwan International. http://www.rti.org.tw/ajax/recommend/taiwanencyc_content.aspx?id=313. Retrieved 2008-07-09. 

External links

• An original soundtrack of Siu Be Toa Kang Tiau (blog).

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Name	Tan Kun-Giok
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Date of birth	1905
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Date of death	March 4, 1963
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