SPRING BREAK!!! FINALLY!!! I must say, though, even though I
am so glad to be home, this is probably the first break that I actually miss my
friends form school and that I actually miss just being at school! Well, I do
have a lot of fun plans for the week though that I am really looking forward
to!
Anyway! Midterms are over! I just need to write one more
paper for next week! So that means, moving onto this months new country and its
music post! This month’s country is North Korea!
There are, like in many other countries, various genres of
music in North Korea.
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Sanjo – entirely instrumental with varying
rhythms and melodies
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Pansori- single vocal and single drummer of one
of five stories that is modified by the individual artists; encourages audience
participation
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Nongak – rural percussion music played by more
than 20 musicians
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Taejung Kayo- patriotic, march-like music,
female singer is accompanied by bands, choirs, and/or orchestras
Music abides by the Juche (self-reliance) principles that
are march-like with socialist content. The North Korean state controls all
music composition and performance.
This is most of what I was able to find on North Korean
music. There is a good bit about South Korean music with the genre of K-Pop and
such, but there are extreme differences between the two countries so I do not
feel that it would be ok to try to pass South Korean culture off as North
Korean culture.
Well, I am going to go watch the Academy Awards! So enjoy
you’re week!
