Pansori Music of Korea

and

Jacopo Peri
By Chanel Munoz
 Korea
 Population: 48,636,068 in the South and
22,757,275 in the North.
 Ethnicities: homogeneous (except for
20,000 Chinese)
 Religions: Christian 26.3%, Protestant
19.7%, Roman Catholic 6.6%, Buddhist
23.2%, other or unknown 1.3%, none
49.3%
 Languages: Korean and English
 Land Mass: 96,920 sq km
 Conflicts in Cultural Unity: Korea splits in
half and Western influence takes over
the South.
 History of Korea
 Inhabited 400,000-500,000 years ago.
 1392 Yi Seong-gye established the
Joseon Dynasty (1392 – 1910).
 Shino-Japanese War (1894-1895)
 1910 Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty and
Japanese removed the Joseon Dynasty,
resulting in guerilla warfare.
 September 8,1945 Korea is split at the 38th
parallel.
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 Korean Instruments
 Buk
 Shallow barrel shaped
 drum with a round wooden
 body, covering both
 sides with animal skin.
 Traditionally used in court
 music.
 Over 20 different styles of
 buks.
 Gojangbuk is the most common
 used in Pansori.
 Pansori
 19th Century Traditional folk.
 Used to pass down stories.
 Only 5 of 12 madangs still exist
today. (Heungbuga,
Simcheongga,
Chungyangga,Jeokbyeokga,
and Sugungga)
 Still practiced, but changed
a bit.
 Extremely structured.
 Sarang-ga from
Chungyangga
 Most famous Pansori in
Korea.
 Based on older
traditional songs.
 Story of Chunhyang
and Yi Mongryong.
 Formally composed in
1870 by Shin Jae-hyo.
 Jacopo Peri (1561-1633)
 Italian composer and singer of the
transitional period between the
Renaissance and Baroque styles.
 Often entitled the inventor of opera.
 Born in Rome
 Studied in Florence with Cristofano
Malvezzi.
 Began to work in church’s organist and
pianist, eventually leading to the Medici
court.
 In 1590 inspired to recreate Greek
tragedy as he saw it through his eyes
with Jacopo Corsi, called Dafne.
 Collaborated with Ottavio Rinuccini on
Euridice.
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 Euridice
 Created for the marriage of Henry IV and Maria
de Medici.
 Considered the second work of modern opera.
 At first performance Peri sang the title role
accompanied by other members who played
different characters.
 It was one of the first examples of recitative
which is a certain style of delivery in opera
singing.
 Compare and Contrast
Pansori Euridice
Percussions Additional
Vibrato Instruments
Passed down from Used to tell stories Beginning of Opera
generations
Performed Publicly
Composed for
Helps preserve culture Involved multiple singers Entertainment
Emotionally attached Italian
Korean performances
Guided by rhythm of Formal Structure Monophony
drums
Symbols Smooth
Staccato
 Work Cited
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euridice_%28Peri%29
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recitative
 http://asiaenglish.visitkorea.or.kr/ena/CU/CU_EN_8_4_4
_2.jsp
 http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/441485/pans
ori
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansori

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buk_%28drum%29
 http://pansorimuseum.com/eng/05pansori/pansori02.asp
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunhyangga
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_history
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy