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SamulNori Author: Nathan Hesselink

ISBN: 9780226330976 Format: Book with Other Items Number Of Pages: 224 Published: 31 March 2012 Country of Publication: US Dimensions (cm): 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.27 Description: In 1978, four musicians crowded into a cramped basement theater in downtown Seoul, where they, for the first time, brought the rural percussive art ofÿp'ungmulÿto 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.ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ Nathan Hesselink'sÿSamulNoriÿtraces 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 su...

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