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Although the contemporary Gasa and Japga have been considered as different kinds of music from each other, this notion has been consolidated after the 1940's in South Korea, and they had not been different from each other by the early 20th century. Each of them had been a popular and entertaining music performed in the entertainment places of the bustling town. The condition of the growth of them was the change of rural area society and the economic development of the suburbs of Seoul in the late Josun Dynasty. Japga was especially a category where some different kinds of music were mixed. It can be argued that Gasa was formed from Japga in the early 20th century, which means that the several music considered as lofty and elegant ones among Japga by the singers were called as the name of 'Gasa'. In fact, many repertoires of contemporary Gasa were classified as Japga in the early 20th century. During the period of Yiwangjik a-akbu(court music department of Lee Dynasty in the period of Japanese colony), Gasa was considered as a kind of 'right music' and Japga that of 'low' or 'vulgar' music, and this notion has been solider after then.