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Writing music of the era: a study on the role of music criticism in the Colonial Chosun

  • Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology
  • Abbr : JKSM
  • 2021, 29(2), pp.41~86
  • DOI : 10.34303/mscol.2021.29.2.002
  • Publisher : The Korean Society for Musicology
  • Research Area : Arts and Kinesiology > Musicology > Other Musicology
  • Received : October 15, 2021
  • Accepted : December 19, 2021
  • Published : December 30, 2021

Yoon-young Cho 1

1이화여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

Given music reflects reality of an era, revealing the history of music criticism enables us to understand not only musical works but also their sociocultural contexts. It is especially important to investigate music criticism of the Colonial Chosun because it implies various aspects of social, political, cultural and educational situations under the Japanese rule. Until early 1900s, music was generally considered as a part of entertainment in Chosun. In other words, music was a sort of amusement. After all, western music and culture have been absorbed for about 100 years, which further has changed a perception of music in Korea. Intellectuals introduced western music as a part of western arts and culture that Koreans ought to follow, which has moved a status of music from an entertainment to an art. As a result, Western music, especially literate music learning by rote, became a class of culture whereas Chosun music was degraded. With a title of music critics, intellectuals published their writings on exotic music and famous music by great composers to newspapers and magazines that had strong influence on modernization of the public. Following intellectuals experience, people imagined western music and established their stereotypes of western music with few visual illustrations. It shows that music criticism is responsible not only for critique but also for an establishment of music culture. This study will contributes to better understanding on the history of western music reception in the context of the colonial era, which further explains how current music culture in Korea is centered on Western music.

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