TY - JOUR
AU - A.S. Noh
AB - This article is a comparative study of the cultural policies of North Korea (DPRK) and South Korea (ROK) in the 1960s and 1970s, specifically concerning the disciple of music. In this period, both South and North Korean regimes demonstrated similar conceptualisations of ‘national music’, harmonising Korean traditional music with western musical styles, but the end result differed in the two regimes. The DPRK developed national music through a homogenised musical style by assimilating Korean folk music with a western musical style while excluding traditional court music, with drastic modifications to traditional instruments and musical forms. In contrast, the ROK’s policy on establishing national music resulted in a combination of traditional court music for the ruling class and western classical music, indicating elitism. Particularly, this article argues that these distinct features of their national music were the result of differences in the strength and interest of government officials between the regimes.
BT - International Journal of Cultural Policy
DO - 10.1080/10286632.2018.1557645
LA - English
M1 - 1
N1 - Publisher: Routledge
N2 - This article is a comparative study of the cultural policies of North Korea (DPRK) and South Korea (ROK) in the 1960s and 1970s, specifically concerning the disciple of music. In this period, both South and North Korean regimes demonstrated similar conceptualisations of ‘national music’, harmonising Korean traditional music with western musical styles, but the end result differed in the two regimes. The DPRK developed national music through a homogenised musical style by assimilating Korean folk music with a western musical style while excluding traditional court music, with drastic modifications to traditional instruments and musical forms. In contrast, the ROK’s policy on establishing national music resulted in a combination of traditional court music for the ruling class and western classical music, indicating elitism. Particularly, this article argues that these distinct features of their national music were the result of differences in the strength and interest of government officials between the regimes.
PY - 2019
SP - 20
EP - 32
T2 - International Journal of Cultural Policy
TI - Cultural policies for national music in South and North Korea (1960s–70s): a comparative study
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85061384166&doi=10.1080%2f10286632.2018.1557645&partnerID=40&md5=a1d88f106834fb64f18ccad6864acff3
VL - 25
SN - 10286632
ER -