News from the Music Industry

Preserving Korean Music: Intangible Cultural Properties as Icons of Identity: perspectives on Korean music; v.1

Howard, Keith.

Ashgate Publishing Co.

2006

228 pages

$99.95

Hardcover

SOAS musicology series

ML342

.fa_inline_results, .fa_inline_results.left {
margin-right: 20px;
margin-top: 0;
width: 220px;
clear: left;
}
.fa_inline_results.right {
margin-left: 20px;
margin-right: 0;
}
.fa_inline_results h4 {
margin: 0;
font-size: 8pt;
line-height: 12px;
padding-bottom: 4px;
border-bottom: 1px dotted #c3d2dc;
}
.fa_inline_results ul {
list-style-type: disc;
list-style-position: inside;
color: #3769DD;
margin: 0 0 15px;
padding: 0;
}
.fa_inline_results ul li {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.fa_inline_results ul li.title {
color: #333;
list-style-type: none;
font-weight: bold;
}
.fa_inline_results ul li.articles {
color: #333;
list-style-type: none;
}

.fa_inline_results, .fa_inline_results.left {
margin-right: 20px;
margin-top: 0;
width: 220px;
clear: left;
}
.fa_inline_results.right {
margin-left: 20px;
margin-right: 0;
}
.fa_inline_results h4 {
margin: 0;
font-size: 8pt;
line-height: 12px;
padding-bottom: 4px;
border-bottom: 1px dotted #c3d2dc;
}
.fa_inline_results ul {
list-style-type: disc;
list-style-position: inside;
color: #3769DD;
margin: 0 0 15px;
padding: 0;
}
.fa_inline_results ul li {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
.fa_inline_results ul li.title {
color: #333;
list-style-type: none;
font-weight: bold;
}
.fa_inline_results ul li.articles {
color: #333;
list-style-type: none;
}

Howard ( music, School of Oriental and African Studies, U. of London, UK) presents an analysis of the Korean preservation system, focusing on music-based traditions called Intangible Cultural Properties. He provides an overview of the system and an account of recent moves by UNESCO to encourage other member states to establish similar systems, which he also examines. He then critiques Korea’s system and studies specific folk art genres and criteria used to determine authenticity. He discusses oral folksongs and the county of Chindo, a cultural tourism zone where shaman rituals are prominent, followed by a chapter on crafts, musical instruments, and the distillation of liquor. The accompanying CD contains musical examples. Some of the material in the book has been previously published in journals in other versions. The volume serves as a companion to the author’s Creating Korean Music.

([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR)