Dream

Dream

Joseph Koo's Music

Joseph Koo is a Chinese Canadian composer and is widely touted as being the father of Cantopop, having pioneered and paved the way throughout the late 20th century for musicians in this genre. The starting point of Cantopop can thus be traced to his first ever song, “Dream”, published in 1961 and which was originally sung by his sister Mei Koo. To understand Cantopop and Chinese Canadian musicality, it is then important to listen to this song, as one of the first examples of this burgeoning art style, which would become influential even outside of the Chinese diaspora listening in Canada.

Joseph Koo and Mei Koo

This audio of the song can be found in the following:

Koo, Joseph, composer., Koo, Mei, singer. “Dream.” 1961. Youtube, April 22, 2019. Video, 2 min., 23 seconds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScJOlAv9lGY.

Joseph Koo (and later possibly Television Broadcasts Limited)

1961

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Cantonese

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