P'ansori Big Blog 2
February 3rd, 2021 Welcome back and also, farwell :((( This is the last blog post of the semester, but it’s been fun! During my lesson on Korean music, I chose not to focus on the folk music genre within Gugak (Traditional Korean Music). It seems to be a bit more complex and obscure than court music. A lot of this has to do with the fact that Koreans did not have a written tradition until hundreds of years before the rule of the Choson dynasty (1392-1910), whom we credit our knowledge of ancient Korean music to today. Before we get into this genre, it is important to keep a few things in mind. Korea has been occupied by many different countries in the past, and it is close to Japan and China geographically. Because of this, there is some cultural overlap between these East Asian countries. It still has its own authentic music, but like other countries, it has been influenced by the countries that ruled over it centuries ago. It has also been influenced by the residing religions of va...
