1945년 重慶임시정부 발행 「한국애국가」의 현대적 의의

Abstract

KOPOGO(the Korean Provisional Government in Chongqing) celebrated independence of Korea in Chongqing, China, as Japan had surrendered, and published the music of 「Chinese Edition of Korean National Anthem in Korean, Chinese and English」 when having the key provisional government figures’ returning to their country ahead. In 1942, the KOPOGO permitted the request by Korean National Association to change the melody of Korean national anthem from that of Auld lang syne to that conducted by Eak Tai Ahn. Since then, the KOPOGO also changed the melody to that composed by Eak Tai Ahn of its own accord, and the song with the new melody began to be sung as a new ‘national anthem.’ The score of this 「Korean National Anthem」 with Premier Kim Koo’s signature and seal can be said to be the physical evidence of this very fact. The sheet music of 「Korean National Anthemm」 was printed by Premier Kim Koo of the KOPOGO, Min Pilho, a head of an execution team of official duties close to Kim Koo, a publicity manager, Um Hang Sup, and others with the cooperation of Sino Korean Cultural Association. Following the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Chinese National Government established Sino Korean Cultural Association, a channel for public diplomacy, and began to support the Korean independence movement actively in order to promote their relation with the KOPOGO. Lee Shih Chao, an editor-in-chief of 『Music Monthly』, received materials for publication from the KOPOGO, was supported by Sino Korean Cultural Association for printing cost, and printed and distributed 「Korean National Anthem」 through Music Monthly, making use of his experience of publishing the score of the 「United Nations on March」. The publication of ‘Chinese edition’ of 「Korean National Anthem」 containing not only Korea lyrics but also Chinese and English ones in translation is seen to have been intended for the highlighting of Kim koo as the leader of independent Korea as well as aimed at wide publicizing of the status of the KOPOGO to Chinese. 「Korean National Anthem is the last publication by the KOPOGO in Chongqing, whose legal tradition has been inherited by Republic of Korea, and also the first “score of the national anthem” published in the name of the premier of the KOPOGO. The national anthem with the melody made by eak tai Ahn had been already determined as “the national anthem decided by the KOPOGO” at the time of independence in 1945 before it became “the national anthem of Republic of Korea” at the time of foundation of Korea in 1948.