SamulNori - Contemporary Korean Drumming and the Rebirth of Itinerant Performance Culture (Paperback)

In 1978, four musicians crowded into a cramped basement theater in downtown Seoul, where they, for the first time, brought the rural percussive art of p'ungmul to a burgeoning urban audience. In doing so, they began a decades-long reinvention of tradition, one that would eventually create an entirely new genre of music and a national symbol for Korean culture. Nathan Hesselink's "SamulNori" traces this reinvention through the rise of the Korean supergroup of the same name, analyzing the strategies the group employed to transform a museum-worthy musical form into something that was both contemporary and historically authentic, unveiling an intersection of traditional and modern cultures and the inevitable challenges such a mix entails. Providing everything from musical notation to a history of urban culture in South Korea to an analysis of SamulNori's teaching materials and collaborations with Euro-American jazz quartet Red Sun, Hesselink offers a deeply researched study that highlights the need for traditions - if they are to survive - to embrace both preservation and innovation.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology CSE
Release date:	March 2012
First published:	March 2012
Authors:	Nathan Hesselink
Dimensions:	228 x 156 x 1mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-33097-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Folk music Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > Percussion instruments Books > Music > Folk music Books > Music > Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles > Percussion instruments Promotions
LSN:	0-226-33097-4
Barcode:	9780226330976

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