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Yoon Geuk-young (September 6, 1903 – November 15, 1988) was a South Korean children's song composer and fairy tale writer who wrote and composed the children's song "Bandal". He was loved by children so much that his nickname was a half-moon grandfather. The dmicile was Haepyeong.

Life
Born in Han Seong-bu, he organized "Saekdonghoe" in Tokyo in 1922, and composed about 30 children's songs the following year, including "Bandal", "Icicle", and "New Year's Day". In 1926, he published Korea's first children's song collection, "Bandal". After the liberation of August 15, he was in Longjing, Jilin Province, Manchuria, and Tianjin, Hebei Province, Republic of China, but he defected to South Korea in 1947 to organize a "Song Companion" and composed more than 100 children's songs. In addition to children's songs, he composed school songs of Sinseok Elementary School and Gomyeong Middle School, and died on November 15, 1988, at the age of 86.

affiliation

 * the former chairman of the Saekdonghoe

Career

 * 1903: Born in Hanseongbu
 * After dropping out of Kyungsung Law School, he studied vocal music at Tokyo Music School and Toyo Music School in Japan
 * 1923: Saekdonghoe was formed with Sofa Bang Jeong-hwan and Ma Hae-song
 * 1924: organized the Darya Society (Dahlia Society), a children's song organization, to distribute Korean children's songs
 * Worked as a teacher in Gando, Manchuria
 * 1947: Organized the Song Companion.

educational background

 * Graduated from Gyodong General School in Gyeongseong
 * Graduated from Kyungsung 1st High School
 * Dropout of Kyungsung Law School
 * Bachelor of Arts, Toyo Music School, Japan (tenor vocal music major)
 * Bachelor of Arts, Tokyo, Japan (Violin Major)
 * Bachelor of Arts, Osaka Music Academy, Japan (conductor and Mars studies major)

Awards

 * 1956: First sofa award
 * 1963: Seoul National University of Education established 'Thank You Teacher'

Works and evaluations
Along with Hong Nan-pa and Park Tae-jun, he is considered a pioneer in the children's song composition world. Representative works include "Bandal", "New Year's Day", "Fishing", and " The shack by the Train Road".