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Korean Musical Instruments

By Keith Howard

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
1995
ISBN
0195861779
LCC
ML537 .H68 1995, ML537.H68 1995
Open Library ID
OL795894M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10346684 bytes)
Series
Images of Asia
Pages
72\104
Topic
Art Music
DPI
500
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2024-04-28 00:31:57
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Description

The music of Korea is an intriguing blend of earthy, percussive folk rhythms and contemplative court styles. For thousands of years the country has had a distinct and vibrant musical identity, incorporating influences as diverse as Chinese court culture and the traditions of merchants travelling east on the Silk Road. Korean Musical Instruments is a comprehensive guide to Korea's music and musical instruments. Keith Howard, a musician and scholar, provides a background to the cultural and musical history of the peninsula, and addresses both Korean and Chinese-derived court genres, as well as local folk music. He then turns to the instruments themselves, devoting chapters to string, wind, and percussion, and supplying a full catalogue of instruments currently in use and preserved in Korea. Illustrated with twenty-four colour and fifteen black-and-white images, Korean Musical Instruments is addressed equally to practising musicians and to students of Korean culture and society. It is the only complete discussion of the topic available in English today. Keith Howard is Chairman of Music, and Lecturer in Korean Studies and Music at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.

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