Episode 844:
Daily Life of the Empire (3) The ‘maiden boatman’ and ‘maiden of Soyang River’ taught to courtesans when Hyang was crown prince were sung throughout the empire.
However, at so point, the people felt bored, and the gogi and singers who noticed this responded by changing the lyrics.
But this was only a temporary asure. This was because in most cases the lody and lyrics did not match. To solve this, we tried things like slightly modifying the middle lody, but it only brought about worse results.
“In the end, a new song is the answer…”
The singers and singers looked embarrassed. It was a natural result, but there was no way to solve it.
This was because Sinjapga was completely different from the folk songs they had learned orally through oral tradition.
This was the sa for Anpyeong, who was pointed out by Hyang.
“Your Majesty, are you asking us to create a new Sinjapga?”
“exactly.”
Anpyeong’s decision was quick in response to Hyang’s response.
“The ability of conviction is not enough. “Please take it away!”
It was Anpyeong who imdiately rejected it without thinking twice, but Hyang didn’t back down either.
“The results the duke has done so far prove the duke’s ability?
‘Cavalry on the Front Line’, ‘Soldiers on the Wasteland’, ‘Battle Cry’, and finally ‘Imperial March’, weren’t they all from the Duke’s hand?”
Anpyeong was the person who played the biggest role in the process of changing the the song of ‘Dollar Trilogy’ and ‘Imperial March’ into Korean traditional music.
Of course, it was Anpyeong who taught the tune and gave advice, but it was Anpyeong who recorded it, turned it into sheet music, tuned it, and produced the result.
“Haona….”
“There is only one peacock.”
Anpyeong had no choice but to bow his head at Hyang’s firm words.
“I follow your orders.”
* * *
Anpyeong, who received the order from Hyang, pondered over and over again, but could not get the right result.
“Not this either!”
Anpyeong, who was notating the lody he had just thought of on Jeongganbo, shouted and threw down the notation he had been writing down.
“I get excited in my head, but why does it get boring when I write it down?” why! why! why!”
Anpyeong scread with a sorrowful expression and struggled.
“I don’t even have ti!”
‘Ti’ was the most powerful enemy Anpyeong faced.
Since the work he had to do as the director of the entertainnt office did not decrease, Anpyeong had to divide his ti into composing music.
“Whoa~. “I guess I have to admit it.”
Letting out a long breath, Anpyeong turned his head towards Gyeongbokgung Palace.
“I have to admit that my eldest brother’s abilities were not average. “I did everything I had to do, but I also did everything I wanted to do… I’m definitely not an ordinary person…”
Although he acknowledged Hyang’s excellence, Anpyeong’s expression wasn’t very good.
“But everyone thinks they’re the sa! If you entrusted with a task, would you reduce other tasks? Even cows will lie down if you tell them to do this! “I can’t stand it!”
Anpyeong jumped up from his seat and ran straight to Gyeongbokgung Palace.
“…So either reduce the work or give us more ti!”
Hearing Anpyeong’s whining, Hyang looked puzzled and asked.
“I never gave you a deadline to make it?”
“uh?”
Anpyeong, who had a blank expression in response to Hyang’s question, carefully reviewed his mories.
“It really wasn’t there… Ah! Every ti I was told by what ti to finish… Ahh!”
Anpyeong, who could not bear to utter a curse word, pounded his chest in frustration. Seeing that, Hyang secretly asked.
“Can I help you?”
Anpyeong bowed deeply to Hyang’s words and answered in a loud voice.
“Hwang Eun is devastated!”
* * *
A few days later. Rooms were attached to Jangakwon and governnt offices across the country.
-Notified by the entertainnt office.
-Looking for a new song.
-Only songs with different lyrics and lodies that are different from existing miscellaneous songs are recognized as new new miscellaneous songs.
-Composers and lyricists of new songs registered with the Entertainnt Administration have intellectual property rights to the new songs.
-Profits are distributed to composers and lyricists according to the number of tis new songs are sung at general entertainnt venues.
(Omitted below)
When they saw the proclamation officially issued by the Entertainnt Office, many people began to make a fuss.
“Shall I give it a try?”
“You? that’s right! “You sing!”
Those who made so noise in the neighborhood and those who knew how to play musical instrunts began to respond to the entertainnt office’s proclamation.
What’s interesting is that not only the imperialists reacted.
Among the scholars and students staying in the empire, those who knew how to play musical instrunts or were versed in music also moved.
“I guess I can make a na for myself through music…”
So at so point, people with notes and sheet music for the new songs they had created began to gather at the entertainnt center in Seoul.
After receiving the report, Anpyeong muttered with a bewildered expression on his face.
“You only get good results if you put money into it…”
* * *
New new songs began to appear, but it took more ti for miscellaneous songs to beco as popular as the songs that were spread by incense.
“Hey, there’s only a lody and no lyrics?”
“Yes, Soin doesn’t have writing skills….”
“It won’t be registered if it only has a lody, so take it back and add the lyrics.”
“Then why not add the lyrics to an existing miscellaneous song?”
“Have you forgotten the condition that you must have a different lody and different lyrics from existing miscellaneous songs to be recognized?”
Composers who were rejected for not having lyrics soon began to search tirelessly to find lyrics that fit their miscellaneous songs.
The first people they visited were people known around the area where they lived to be good at writing poetry.
“Yes you bastard! Do you want to write lyrics that go well with the song you wrote? “What are you looking at for?”
The problem was that most of these people were high-ranking noblen.
It was common for people to be covered in salt or feces, and in severe cases, they would even be rolled into a mat.
Of course, if sothing like that happens, the Pocheong governnt steps in.
After these hardships, composers found an alternative.
Among them, they were famous for their skill in writing poetry and prose.
The lyrics written by those who left were extrely sad. After obtaining the lyrics, the composers reworked the lody accordingly and then visited the entertainnt office.
“It’s okay. “I will register.”
“thank you!”
“Gratitude is sothing that I rather be thankful for. So, at what entertainnt venue and when will who sing?”
“That’s not yet….”
“You have to be sure about that so you can receive profit sharing later.”
“Yes yes!”
After listening to the advice of an entertainnt office official, the composer decided to quit again after much deliberation.
The composer found a suitable place through Toegi’s connections and reported it to the entertainnt office.
* * *
After all of these processes were completed, a bulletin board was posted at the entertainnt venue in the town where Gagi lived.
“huh? “Maewol is singing a new miscellaneous song?”
“The title is… Light Pink First Love?”
Residents visited the entertainnt venue in anticipation of hearing new songs, and the audience seats on the stage at the entertainnt venue were filled with people.
After the song ended, people who liked the new song clapped and shouted loudly.
“Re-creation! Re-sing!”
“Once more! Once more!”
In response to people’s heated requests, Gagi smiled brightly and cald his voice.
anwhile, next to the stage, an entertainnt office official ticulously recorded these reactions.
Of course, not all new songs received this kind of response. There were as many songs that received harsh reviews as there were songs that received favorable reviews. And the singers who sang the well-received songs soon went on tour to entertainnt venues in the surrounding area, and as ti went by, they went on tour to entertainnt venues all over the empire – it was not yet possible to reach Shinji.
However, since touring performances alone could not et the demand, so singers went to the composer and negotiated for permission to sing their songs. If these negotiations were successful, a contract was established under the notarization of an entertainnt office official.
Songs that received favorable reviews in this way earned the composer and lyricist Gagi a lot of money.
Thanks to the state-run entertainnt venue, profit distribution was transparent, so no one had any doubts or complaints. After receiving a lot of money, the composer and lyricist beca happy, and the National Tax Service also beca happy.
“Withholding tax is the best! Long live your Majesty the Emperor!”
In this way, people who made a lot of money ca out, and famous people sought out famous composers and begged them to sing for them. Additionally, those who thought they had so talent for writing began to aim to beco lyricists. The sa was true for composers.
Also, the sa was true for the noble families who raised children in their families. In addition to further refining the skills of the gogi they were raising, they also invited famous composers and lyricists to sing for them.
It was a natural change for more and more new songs to beco more diverse. This was because the tastes of miscellaneous songs were as diverse as the people who listened to them.
Thanks to this, not only singers sang miscellaneous songs, but singers also began to appear on stage.
Love songs sung by won and love songs sung by n had different emotions, and later, many singers who received overwhelming support from won began to appear.
As the singers of miscellaneous songs were added to the ranks of singers, the title ‘Gain’ ca to be used to refer to those who sing miscellaneous songs.
The change in japga was not limited to the addition of gender.
In the beginning, the only solo was sung by Gain alone. However, as people from Europe began working as composers, miscellaneous songs using chords and double singing began to appear.
As dance was added, miscellaneous songs beca more diverse and colorful.
As more and more people ca forward as Gainers, there were even people who signed contracts with them and managed their schedules.
It started with the Kiruna family, who took care of Gagi (歌妓). However, as ti passed, professional companies erged to provide professional services.
Of course, among these companies, there were several disguised companies.
Every ti she received a report about this, Hyang smiled bitterly and muttered.
“Indeed, apart from drinking, singing and dancing, we are a people called the Corpse.”
As a side note, at the entertainnt center, every day there is a performance, a bulletin board is posted showing who is performing.
At this ti, it was natural to write the na of the most popular singer at the top in the largest possible format in order to attract more viewers and sell more related products – portraits.
And the entertainnt office tallied the popularity of singers, created a ranking table once a month, and hung it on the entertainnt venue’s advertising bulletin board.
And every ti a ranking was posted on the bulletin board, there was an uproar.
“no! Hyangwol is in 12th place? Does that make sense!”
“Oh my! Your brothers are only in 7th place? Nonsense! Don’t do this! Be sure to co to the entertainnt venue this ti! “Don’t fall in!”
It was the origin of the later music ranking program.
* * *
As ti passed and Wan ascended to the throne following Hyang, Sinjapga was no longer exclusive to the empire.
International students or sons and daughters of international students who ca to study in the empire entered the world of new families.
International students mainly attempted composition and lyric writing, and those who were good-looking among their sons and daughters attempted to beco singers.
This was because their appearance, which was different from that of ordinary imperial people, contributed to their popularity.
The most important of these foreigners were those from Europe.
As ntioned before, European music, such as harmonic music, was completely different from the music of the empire and brought a unique inspiration.
As many foreigners ca and left, new music began to flow not only from Ming and Japan, but also from Europe and the Ottoman Empire.
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Author’s note.
I have to go to a big hospital. It seems to be the limit now.
I hope I end up in orthopedic surgery.
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