Hyun Jae-myung
South Korean composer
Hyun Je-Myung (현제명, 玄濟明, 8 December 1902 - 16 October 1960) was a South Korean composer. Hyun composed and conducted the first Korean opera Chunhyang-jeon in 1950, and Prince Hodong in 1958. During the Japanese colonial period, he, like most Koreans, was given a Japanese name based on his Korean name (玄山濟明 Kuroyama Sumiaki).
The public source identifies “Hyun Jae-myung” as south Korean composer. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Hyun, Jae-myung and South.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 10, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q195795. VIAF identifies the subject as 46151594475905352745. The Library of Congress control number is n2018002159. 2 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1902, 1960, 1950 and 1958.
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