안익태 安益泰

Composer and conductor (listed in the Dictionary of Pro-Japanese Collaborators)

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Life1906 ~ 1965
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Clan순흥 안씨

Life & career

An Eak-tai (1906–1965) was the composer-conductor best known for writing South Korea's national anthem, Aegukga.

He is nonetheless listed in the Dictionary of Pro-Japanese Collaborators for activities during his years in Europe from 1938 onward, including conducting the Japanese court music "Etenraku" and composing and conducting a celebratory overture for the tenth anniversary of Manchukuo's founding. In 1941 he conducted Etenraku and performed Japan's national anthem "Kimigayo," and footage of him conducting the Berlin Philharmonic, discovered in 2000, was confirmed in 2006 to have actually been recorded at a concert celebrating Manchukuo, deepening the controversy over his wartime conduct.

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