Music in Korea Experiencing Music, Expressing Culture w/ CD

by Lee Kwon, Donna; Wade, Bonnie C.; Shehan Campbell, Patricia

• ISBN13: 9780195368277
• ISBN10: 0195368274
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2011-10-07
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

*** Music in Koreais one of several case-study volumes that can be used along withThinking Musically, the core book in the Global Music Series.Thinking Musicallyincorporates music from many diverse cultures and establishes the framework for exploring the practice of music around the world. It sets the stage for an array of case-study volumes, each of which focuses on a single area of the world. Each case study uses the contemporary musical situation as a point of departure, covering historical information and traditions as they relate to the present. *** Despite its longstanding position as a distinct cultural force in East Asia, Korea continues to be underrepresented in world music texts.Music in Koreais the first brief, single-volume text to provide a thematic, succinct introduction to the music of Korea--a region whose volatile political climate has often overshadowed its rich cultural and musical traditions. Based on author Donna Lee Kwon's extensive fieldwork, the text features interviews with performers, eyewitness accounts of performances, and vivid illustrations. Kwon uses three themes--Korea as a transnational player in East Asia, the intersection of Korean music and cultural politics, and Korea's maintenance of its strong cultural identity through both musical and aesthetic continuity--to survey the region and draw parallels and contrasts between its various traditions. Each theme lends itself to a discussion of Korea's classical musical customs and its contemporary developments. Packaged with a80-minute audio CDcontaining musical examples, the text features numerous listening activities that engage students with the music. The companion website includes supplementary materials for instructors.

Author Biography

Donna Lee Kwon is Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology at the University of Kentucky.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. x
Preface	p. xii
CD Track List	p. xix
Korea from Both Sides of the Border	p. 1
Traveling to Pyongyang, North Korea	p. 1
Visiting Kosong, South Korea	p. 7
Intersecting Themes	p. 11
Transnationalism in Flux: From the "Hermit Kingdom" to the "Korean Wave"	p. 13
Modernization and Cultural Continuity in North and South Korea	p. 17
Music and Cultural Politics: Articulating the Border Through Song	p. 18
"Our Wish Is Reunification": The Story of Im Su-kyÒ ng	p. 18
Popular Visions of Reunification	p. 19
The Court as Cultural Conduit	p. 22
Court Music, Cultural Policy and the State	p. 22
The Movement of Court Culture from East to West	p. 22
The Development of Ritual Music of the Court: Music, Cultural Politics and the State	p. 26
Court Music in Practice Today	p. 29
Experiencing State Sacrificial Music	p. 32
Ritual Format and Cosmology	p. 32
Instruments and Music	p. 32
Munmyo Cheryeak	p. 35
Chongmyo Cheryeak	p. 41
Tension and Release in "Sujech'Òn"	p. 48
The Politics of Preservation and Revival in Instrumental Music	p. 53
Instrumental Preservation, Adaptation and Revival	p. 53
South Korea: The Politics of Preservation and Revival	p. 53
North Korea: Music and the Masses	p. 54
The Featuring of Solo Instruments in Sanjo	p. 60
The Development of Sanjo and Its Spread to Other Instruments	p. 62
Changdam The Rhythmic Underpinning of Sanjo	p. 64
The Interaction of Rhythm, Mode and Melody in Sanjo	p. 68
Ensemble Forms	p. 71
P'ungmul	p. 71
P'ungmul in the Village Madang	p. 74
P'ungmul in the Streets: Political Protest Demonstration	p. 79
Adapting P'ungmul to the Stage: Samulnori	p. 82
Shamanist Ritual Forms	p. 84
Chindo Ssikkim-kut (Cleansing Rituals)	p. 85
Sinawi and Cultivation of Improvisation	p. 86
The Singing Voice	p. 89
Folksongs	p. 89
Central (KyÒnggi) Minyo	p. 93
Southern (Namdo) Minyo	p. 94
Sijo-ch'ang: Cultivating an Appreciation for Sung Poetry	p. 96
The Poetic Form of Sijo	p. 97
Text, Rhythm and Melody in Sijo-ch'ang	p. 99
P'ansori: Intertextuality and Cultural Continuity	p. 103
History and Development Through Multiple Formats	p. 103
Performance and Repertoire	p. 106
Warm-up Songs (Tan'ga)	p. 106
Narrative Performance: The Song of Ch'unhyang	p. 108
Expressive Elements of P'ansori	p. 109
P'ansori Aesthetics	p. 113
Contemporary Developments in Korean Musical Theater and Film	p. 115
North Korean Revolutionary Opera	p. 115
P'ansori and Film: Director Im Kwon-taek	p. 116
Sop'yonje	p. 116
Ch'unhyang	p. 119
Colonial Legacies in Korea	p. 122
The Legacy of the Japanese Colonial Occupation (1910-1945)	p. 124
The Enduring Popularity of Trot	p. 125
The Emergence of Sin Minyo	p. 127
Engaging with Western Concert Music	p. 129
South Korea: Tradition, Innovation, Synthesis and Popularization	p. 130
North Korea: Music, Synthesis and Politics	p. 142
Western Music and Modern Nationhood: The Making of Korea's National Anthems	p. 145
Negotiating Transnational Flows of Culture	p. 149
Shifts in the Global Mediascape	p. 149
The Korean Wave	p. 150
K-Pop and the Influence of Seo Taiji and the Boys	p. 152
Music and Power	p. 154
The Presence of American Armed Forces and the Dawn of a New Era in South Korean Pop	p. 155
State-Sanctioned Popular Music in North Korea	p. 158
Politicization of Popular Music in South Korea: T'ong Kit'a and the Song Movement	p. 162
Cultural Continuity in Korean Popular Music: Indexing "Tradition" in Korean Hip-Hop	p. 168
Moving Beyond "Tradition" in the Music of Jang Goon	p. 171
Glossary	p. 173
References	p. 180
Resources	p. 183
Index	p. 190
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