@article{ART001086021},
author={Byeon, Gyewon},
title={The Conceptional Investigation of Composition in Korean Music},
journal={Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology},
year={2007},
number={14},
pages={31-70},
doi={10.34303/mscol.2007..14.002}
TY - JOUR
AU - Byeon, Gyewon
TI - The Conceptional Investigation of Composition in Korean Music
JO - Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology
PY - 2007
VL - null
IS - 14
PB - The Korean Society for Musicology
SP - 31
EP - 70
AB - The advent of Western influence has brought about many changes to Korean music. The most significant were the division of Korean musical culture into kugak (traditional Korean music) and yangak (Western music) and the rise of a new genre, ch'angjak kugak, "new compositions for traditional instruments".
Kim Kisu, who was trained as a traditional court music performer in the early 20th century, was the first modern composer of music for traditional instruments. His music was written in staff notation incorporating various Western elements, including harmony, diatonic scales, and playing techniques based on Western instrument practices. Though he was trained as a court musician, his works demonstrated a desire to embrace Western culture and music in his compositions.
Since the rise of a new genre, several scholars and musicians have insisted that the concept of composition was introduced from Western music in the Korea of the early 20th, and the composition was not existed in the past in Korea. However, in my opinion, Korean people used to use different concept of composition in the past. Every culture has peculiar musical productive systems, therefore, it is not right to say that Korean did not have the concept of composition in the past.
KW - new composition for Korean traditional instruments;first composer;improvisation;traditional music in the early 20th century
DO - 10.34303/mscol.2007..14.002
ER -
Byeon, Gyewon. (2007). The Conceptional Investigation of Composition in Korean Music. Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology, 14, 31-70.
Byeon, Gyewon. 2007, "The Conceptional Investigation of Composition in Korean Music", Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology, no.14, pp.31-70. Available from: doi:10.34303/mscol.2007..14.002
Byeon, Gyewon "The Conceptional Investigation of Composition in Korean Music" Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology 14 pp.31-70 (2007) : 31.
Byeon, Gyewon. The Conceptional Investigation of Composition in Korean Music. 2007; 14 : 31-70. Available from: doi:10.34303/mscol.2007..14.002
Byeon, Gyewon. "The Conceptional Investigation of Composition in Korean Music" Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology no.14(2007) : 31-70.doi: 10.34303/mscol.2007..14.002
Byeon, Gyewon. The Conceptional Investigation of Composition in Korean Music. Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology, 14, 31-70. doi: 10.34303/mscol.2007..14.002
Byeon, Gyewon. The Conceptional Investigation of Composition in Korean Music. Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology. 2007; 14 31-70. doi: 10.34303/mscol.2007..14.002
Byeon, Gyewon. The Conceptional Investigation of Composition in Korean Music. 2007; 14 : 31-70. Available from: doi:10.34303/mscol.2007..14.002
Byeon, Gyewon. "The Conceptional Investigation of Composition in Korean Music" Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology no.14(2007) : 31-70.doi: 10.34303/mscol.2007..14.002
