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SamulNori: Korean Percussion for a Contemporary World (Hardcover, New Ed)
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SamulNori: Korean Percussion for a Contemporary World (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: SOAS Studies in Music
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SamulNori is a percussion quartet which has given rise to a genre,
of the same name, that is arguably Korea's most successful
'traditional' music of recent times. Today, there are dozens of
amateur and professional samulnori groups. There is a canon of
samulnori pieces, closely associated with the first founding
quartet but played by all, and many creative evolutions on the
basic themes, made by the rapidly growing number of virtuosic
percussionists. And the genre is the focus of an abundance of
workshops, festivals and contests. Samulnori is taught in primary
and middle schools; it is part of Korea's national education
curriculum. It has dedicated institutes, and there are a number of
workbooks devoted to helping wannabe 'samulnorians'. It is a
familiar part of Korean performance culture, at home and abroad, in
concerts but also in films and theatre productions. SamulNori uses
four instruments: kkwaenggwari and ching small and large gongs, and
changgo and puk drums. These are the instruments of local
percussion bands and itinerant troupes that trace back many
centuries, but samulnori is a recent development of these older
traditions: it was first performed in February 1978. This volume
explores this vibrant percussion genre, charting its origins and
development, the formation of the canon of pieces, teaching and
learning strategies, new evolutions and current questions relating
to maintaining, developing, and sustaining samulnori in the future.
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