The Korean singer of tales / Marshall R. Pihl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pihl, Marshall R., author.

Series:

Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 37.

Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series ; 37

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

P'ansori--History and criticism.

P'ansori.

Folk music--Korea--History and criticism.

Folk music.

Ballads, Korean--Korea--History and criticism.

Ballads, Korean.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London : Harvard University Asia Center, [2003]

Summary:

P'ansori, the traditional oral narrative of Korea, is sung by a highly trained soloist to the accompaniment of complex drumming. The singer both narrates the story and dramatizes all the characters, male and female. Performances require as long as six hours and make extraordinary vocal demands. In the first book-length treatment in English of this remarkable art form, Marshall R. Pihl traces the history of p'ansori from its roots in shamanism and folktales through its nineteenth-century heyday under highly acclaimed masters and discusses its evolution in the twentieth century. After examining the place of p'ansori in popular entertainment and its textual tradition, he analyzes the nature of texts in the repertoire and explains the vocal and rhythmic techniques required to perform them. Pihl's superb translation of the alternately touching and comic "Song of Shim Ch'ong"--the first annotated English translation of a full p'ansori performance text--illustrates the emotional range, narrative variety, and technical complexity of p'ansori literature. The Korean Singer of Tales will interest not only Korean specialists, but also students of comparative literature, folklore, anthropology, and music.

Contents:

Intro

THE KOREAN SINGER OF TALES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CONTENTS

NOTE ON ROMANIZATIONS

THE KOREANSIN SINGER OF TALES

Introduction: Of Singers and Tales

Structure of the Story

Social Aspects of P'ansori

Shaman Background

From Mat to Proscenium

ONE THE SINGER : KWANGDAE

1 Where Did the Kwangdae Come From?

Hwarang Tradition and Shaman Culture

The Chasŏn Court and Its Popular Entertainers

Players on Their Own

2 The Kwangdae's Nineteenth-Century Heyday

Five Professional Generations

National Association of Performers

3. National Association of Performers

Somber Seoul Becomes a Theater Town

Putting P'ansori on the Stage

Heyday of Singing Drama

TWO THE TALE : P 'ANSORI

4 How Did P'ansori Evolve?

Shaman Culture as P'ansori Seedbed

From Twelve Madang to Five Songs

5 The Nature of the Text

Core and Realization

6 Music, Theory, and Transmission

Music of P'ansori

Critical History and Performance Theory

Training and Transmission

THREE THE SONG OF SHIM CH'ŎNG

7 P'ansori on Paper

Extant Texts of the "Song of Shim Ch'ŏng

The Translator's Wanp'an Text

8 The Song of Shim Ch'ŏng

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDICES

INDEX TO THE TRANSLATION

Harvard Yenching Institute Monograph Series.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-674-29995-7

1-68417-017-6

OCLC:

623960816

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781684170173 DOI