2020, Vol.28, No.1

Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology 2024 KCI Impact Factor : 0.64

eISSN : 3092-2410
https://journal.kci.go.kr/musicology

Database is one of the efficient systems in order to archive data and research information. For valuable information, we should collect and store more authentic data and manage them efficiently. And database must be designed for statistics, analysis, and academical meanings. For music, establishing music-database is an essential research infrastructure for more intense and in-depth researches as well. However, we can find out few music databases in Korea. Among them, EMDB I(Ewha Music Database) and Korea SP Record Archive database are outcomes from short-term projects supported by National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF). And the cases of National Library of Korea, Korea Digital Archives for the Arts: DA-Arts, and Gugak Archive give us a few available searching database for materials belonging to libraries or archives. National institutions have administered their databases but in case of projects’ databases most of them are lack of data management continuously after finishing the projects, so all wait for more supports and countermeasures. We can find out some solutions from the databases built in the U.S. and Europe. Those diverse music databases were established already or are establishing based on clearly targeted objectives, long-time accumulated records and data, and digitalization with computer based system. And they show how important to collaborate and constantly manage music database. Finally this paper examines current situation of music database in Korea and gives some suggestion through cases of Europe and the U.S. with expecting establishing more music databases.

Articulation is a indispensible element for organist. This term rather life-long intimate word comes from the very first organ lesson. It always stands with organist at the moment not only learning notes, but also having the last rehearsals before the concerts. Since the 20th century, many scholars have been discussing about articulation, but its definition even can not be clarified. Scholars make different categorization according to their background, but the meaning of articulation becomes very varied. It results in miscellaneous issues according to historical period which the scholar belongs to. This article discusses what the organ instructions tell us about articulation, beginning from Hans Buchner’s Fundamentum of 1523 to Hermann Keller’s Phraising and Articulation of 1955. Articulation can not be defined as single meaning or single action for certain practice, but become artistic process of organists how they interpret and approach to music. Articulation relates to every aspect, where organist attack and release the key in terms of phrasing, metrical and agogic accent, and fingerings. After examination of historical documents, organist can conclude that making articulation means taking a tool to interpret the music and to actualize it for listeners.

The purpose of this study is to analyze how the 'musical creativity convergence thinking competence' among the six core competencies required in the 2015 revised music and curriculum was designed to be reflected and instructed in the 3rd and 4th grade music textbooks, and the basis of textbook production. It is to improve the elements and scope of application for creative activities based on the music curriculum. To this end, we analyzed 149 textbook songs to which musical creativity convergence thinking competence were applied among 9 types of textbooks, totaling 18 books in elementary music 3rd and 4th grade. In the music and curriculum contents and achievement standards, areas, music elements, achievement standards, functions, and related subjects were reorganized into detailed analysis types to analyze the frequency of application of musical creativity convergence thinking competence and the types of learning activities. As a result of research, it is necessary to apply more musical creativity convergence thinking competence in the creative area, and the diversity of concepts and standards of creative and convergence activities in relation to changing the song or make a wordingwith the highest frequency in achievement standards and functions. In addition, the need for more diverse creative and convergence activities has been revealed, as it is focused on linkage learning with Korean language or applied to music subjects with high frequency without linkage with other subjects.