Gugak musicians with disabilities 2021-04-21 Among the court musicians of the Joseon period were several blind artists, who were called “gwanhyeonmaengin관현맹인.” Scholar and ... Sounds of Korea
Songs associated with the sea and saillors 2021-04-14 The word “Baettaragi배따라기” calls up in most Koreans’ minds a novel of the same title written by Kim Dong-in. The story describes ... Sounds of Korea
Spring songs 2021-04-07 Emperor Taizong of Tang once sent Queen Seongdeok성덕 of Unified Silla a painting of a garden with flower seeds. Seeing not a single butterfly in the ... Sounds of Korea
Sijo, Korean poems set to music 2021-03-31 In pansori “Chunhyangga춘향가,” there is a passage called “Gwigokseong귀곡성,” where the cries of ghosts are imitated. ... Sounds of Korea
Music for national stability 2021-03-24 There are two court music pieces from China imported during the Goryeo period. Those are “Boheoja보허자” and “Nagyangchun낙양춘,” ... Sounds of Korea
Songs about springtime 2021-03-17 Chunbun(춘분) or spring equinox, which falls on March 20th this year, signals the real beginning of spring. When day grows as long as night, amazingly, ... Sounds of Korea
Funeral music 2021-03-10 In the old days when social classes were strictly divided, commoners had only two occasions in life when they could dress up in all finery and enjoy ... Sounds of Korea
Koreans who love to have fun 2021-03-03 It usually takes three hours at the shortest and as long as eight hours to sing a pansori piece from start to finish. It requires physical and psychological ... Sounds of Korea
Music about plum blossoms 2021-02-24 People in general think of dazzling cherry blossoms as the representative spring flower. But scholars of the old preferred the restrained beauty ... Sounds of Korea
Western music played with gugak instruments 2021-02-17 There are basically twelve musical notes in Korean traditional music as there are in western music. The number of notes may match, however, the pitch ... Sounds of Korea