[Korean study series 13]

Very few books on Korean traditional music have been available in Western languages. In view of the present state, this book attempts to deal with historical matters and other aspects of Korean music and Korean musicology. In fact, this volume is an essay collection of my studies written in English during the last 25 years as a musicologist, which range from as early as an article appearing in the academic journal, Ethnomusicology, in 1973 by the Society for Ethnomusicology in USA, to as late as my keynote address at the 2nd International Symposium for Korean Musicology in 1998.
17 chapters are largely divided into three parts. Part One: “Korean Music and Musicology” with six chapters devoted to the state of contemporary Korean traditional music and the development of Korean musicology; Part Two: “Studies in Korean Music History” (five chapters) discusses the major issue in Korean music history; Part Three: “Aspects of Korean Traditional Music” (six chapters) deals with p'ansori, sanjo, and other topics in Korean music.

한국전통음악에 관해 서구의 언어로 소개한 책을 찾아보기는 어렵다. 이런 현실에서 이 책은 한국의 음악과 음악이론의 역사와 다른 여러 부면을 음악학자인 저자가 지난 25년간 발표한 영어 에세이들을 통해 소개한다. 이 에세이 선집은 미국 민족음악학회 학술지 Ethnomusicology에 1973년에 수록된 글에서 1998년에 열린 제2회 한국음악학 국제심포지엄 기조연설까지 긴 시기의 글들을 3부 17장으로 나누어 망라하고 있다. 1부(한국음악과 음악학, 총 6장)는 현대 한국전통음악의 현황과 한국음악학의 발달을 다루고, 2부(한국음악사, 총 5장)는 한국음악사의 주요 쟁점을 논하고, 3부(한국전통음악의 양상들, 총 6장)는 판소리, 산조를 비롯한 한국음악의 여러 논제를 다룬다.

Part One : Korean Music and Musicology
Ⅰ. A Short History of Korean Traditional Music
Ⅱ. Korean Traditional Music : An Introductory Guide
Ⅲ. Korean Musicology : Its Historical Development and Problems
Ⅳ. Korean Traditional Music : Present State of Research
Ⅴ. Korean Music since Liberation : History and Source Materials
Ⅵ. Korean Musicology toward the 21st Century

Part Two : Studies in Korean Music History
Ⅰ. Korean Music and the Silk Road
Ⅱ. Koguryo Instruments in Tomb No. 1 at Ch'ang-ch'uan, Manchuria
Ⅲ. The Historical Reliability of Akhak Kweb m
Ⅳ. The Korean Pip'a and Its Notation
Ⅴ. Kwangdae Musicians and Their Musical Traditions

Part Three : Aspects of Korean Traditional Music
Ⅰ. What is P'ansori?
Ⅱ. An Introduction to Sanjo, An Instrumental Solo Music
Ⅲ. Sanjo versus Raga : A Preliminary Study
Ⅳ. Ritual Tradition of Korea
Ⅴ. The Etymology of K mun'go, the Korean Six-Stringed Zither
Ⅵ. Modal Structure of K mun'go Sanjo : An Analytical Approach