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Mary Sungduk Youn’s Life and Musical Activities based on Primary Sources and Historical Records

  • Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology
  • Abbr : JKSM
  • 2021, 29(1), pp.7~41
  • DOI : 10.34303/mscol.2021.29.1.001
  • Publisher : The Korean Society for Musicology
  • Research Area : Arts and Kinesiology > Musicology > Other Musicology
  • Received : April 14, 2021
  • Accepted : June 22, 2021
  • Published : June 30, 2021

Chang, Jeong Youn 1

1한국예술종합학교

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ABSTRACT

This paper is a fundamental study on Mary Sungduk Youn (尹聖德, 1903~1968), a female musician who studied abroad in early modern Korea, and starts to discover her life and her musical activities based on primary sources and historical records such as newspapers, magazines, copies of personal documents and the records from the universities and the archives in the U.S. Based on them, Youn’s life can be divided into 3 periods. The first period is the time when she was raised and educated under the Christian family and Ewha Haktang. And the second is the time when she went abroad to study music in the U.S., supported by several missionaries involved in Ewha College and the time she devoted herself as a professor to improve the music educational system of Ewha College after coming back from America. The last is the time after she revisited the U.S. for having experience on the latest music educational system and for introducing it to Ewha College. The vocation for music that appeared throughout Youn’s life and activities was manifest as a music educator under the strong influence of Christianity and women’s education policy rather than self-actualization for personal success and fame. And Youn was an important figure after Alice Kim (1890~1951) who was the first music educator going abroad to study in the U.S., and as a pioneer Youn was at the beginning of studying abroad of female musicians such as Mary Chesik Kim (1906~2005) and Youngyi Kim (1908~1986), supported by missionaries within their strong network. By discovering Youn’s life and musical activities with the people involved, this study will provide the opportunity to examine the conflicts and desires of female musicians who were active in the early modern Korea.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.
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