Songs after 1954

In 1954, I came to the United States.

Before I left Korea, I could handle about 2,000 Chinese characters. I can still read them and get the meaning from each character, but I cannot write too many now. Before coming to the United States, I think I stored about 2,000 musical items into my memory, and I still keep them. This was the starting point for learning more in the United States. It is always a pleasure to learn.

While I was relying on AM radios in Korea, the United States was going through the AM-to-FM technological innovation throughout the 1850s.

In addition, I could add visual effects to my listening pleasure. This means operas and ballets, but their tickets are expensive. I could solve this problem by watching TV programs and seeing the movies. In this way, I could see-and-hear Verdi's Aida, La Traviata, Puccini's La Tosca and Madam Butterfly, Mozart's Don Giovanni and Cosi Fan Tutte, and many others.

Many of the movies contain songs I always like to hear.

Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh (1954-1958)

Cosi Fan Tutte. First Color TV, January 1, 1957.
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Elvis Preslely

Princeton (1958-1962)

The Bridge on the River Kwai. I watched this movie in 1958. Its theme music is one of the most stirring musical works I have heard in my life. It is quite different from the Colonel Bogey March. It is a misunderstanding. The Colonel Bogey March was an old British march composed by F. J. Ricketts in 1914, and I used to hear it in Korea before coming to the United States. The River Kwai film was made in 1957 with its own theme music.

Letyat Zhurabli (Cranes are Fying) contains a Russian military march called "Proschanie Slavianki." This march is totally unknown in the United States, but my high school band in Korea used to play often before 1950. I was in a movie house with my friends while I was a student at Princeton. I was so excited when I heard this music that I stood up, and my friends pulled me down.

Never on Sunday. I saw this movie also I was a student at Princeton.

Connie Francis sings Never on Sunday. b

Vaya Con Dios. Connie Francis started cutting her recordings in 1955. She sang some of the songs I used hear in Korea.
La Paloma.
Granada.
You belong to my heart.
Que Sera, Sera, What ever will be, will be.
Cuando Caliente Del Sol. Love me with all your heart.
Quando Quando Quando.
Somewhere my Love. Italian Version.

Music from La Dolce Vita (1960)
1. Al Caracalla's con Sylvia
2. Scene dalla Dolce vita. Controvercial scene at that time.
3. Marcello meets a young girl.
4. Fontana di Trevi.
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