SamulNori
Contemporary Korean Drumming and the Rebirth of Itinerant Performance Culture
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Acknowledgments
Orthography and Pronunciation
INTRODUCTION
Pŏpko ch’angshin (Preserve the Old While Creating the New): The Challenges of Tradition
CONCLUSION
Pŏpko ch’angshin (Preserve the Old While Creating the New): The Meanings of Tradition
Bibliography
Index-Glossary
“Hesselink documents with great subtlety the human agency of actors determined to keep a rural musical tradition relevant and exciting in the modern city, a process going on nearly every place in the world since World War II. He focuses on what is arguably Korea’s most dynamic and engaging musical export, the ensemble SamulNori and the new genre it spawned (also called samul nori). The author also challenges us to think anew about such well-worn concepts as tradition, modernity, and musical hybridity and fusion.”
Asian Studies: East Asia
Music: Ethnomusicology
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