Trot
| Korean spelling | |
|---|---|
| Korean alphabet : | 트로트 or 트롯트 |
| Revised Romanization : |
Teuroteu or Teurotteu |
| McCune-Reischauer : |
T'ŭrot'ŭ or T'ŭrott'ŭ |
Trot , in Korean teuroteu (also Seongingayo , German "music for adults", also vulgarly called Ppongjjak ), is the oldest form of popular music on the Korean peninsula . This style of music developed during the period when Korea was part of the Japanese Empire (1910–1945).
Trot developed from the Japanese musical genre Enka . Masao Koga , one of the earliest enka composers, used Fox trot and Slow trot for different enka rhythms. The term "trot" was probably derived from the standard dance foxtrot , whose basic rhythm shaped the music.
The most important performers of the genre include the South Korean singers Tae Jin-ah , Song Daw-gwan , Lee Mi-ja , Na Hun-a , Cho Yong-pil , Ju Hyeon-mi . Rock singer Cho Yong-pil was also a representative of this genre.
Trot's popularity fell sharply in the 1990s, mainly due to Seo Taiji and Boys' mega hit "Hayeoga" . After that, dance pop dominated the South Korean music scene , which soon received international attention as K-pop .
This style of music experienced a revival in terms of popularity through the appearance of "semi-trot singers" such. B. Jang Yoon-jeong ( kor. 장윤정 ), the great success with their first single “ 어머나! “( Eomeona ! , Omona!; An exclamation like Oh my God! ). As a result, older Trot musicians got more attention and other singers and groups made a comeback to the genre, such as Super Junior-T , Epik High and Daesung from Big Bang .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Min Jung Son: " The Politics of the Traditional Korean Popular Song Style T'ŭrot'ŭ ", dissertation at the "University of Texas at Austin", p. 6, May 2004
- ↑ Min Jung Son: " The Politics of the Traditional Korean Popular Song Style T'ŭrot'ŭ ", dissertation at the "University of Texas at Austin", p. 4, May 2004
