IGS 10a Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Music Of Korea, Gayageum, Gyeonggi Province
26 Aug 2016
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Global musical style emerging at this time (influenced by us recording industry) Composition culture became the forefrunt of creative activities. Single composer for a piece written as a score. In tun with international trend in new and post-modern music (john cage fan) Chimhyangmu- looked to the old for new creativity (silla tuning) Harmony is not a traditional part of korean music. Contemporizing gugak so that young people could connect to it. Fusion-blend of synths, guitars, and gugak instruments; modeum buk. New ways of doing business: itnernet ventures. Movement of capital, media, and culture discovered as potential route for growth. Dramas ond osts (original sound tracks_ found an audience in places like taiwan and mainland china. Re-emphasis of retoric defining korea"s identity in the global marketplace. Juxtapositioning of traditional genres with contemporary, imported ggenres (hip hop/classical instrumental music) Increasingly inclusive definition of korean heritage with a sustained reliability on genres of tangible and intangible arts identified as cultural treasures.
