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Music in Korea : experiencing music, expressing culture / Donna Lee Kwon.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publication details: New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.Description: 202 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)ISBN:
  • 9780195368284 (hardcover)
  • 9780195368277
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 780.9519 K988m
CD features various performers.Summary: "Music in Korea is the first brief, single-volume text to provide a thematic, succinct introduction to the music of Korea--a region whose volatile political climate has often overshadowed its rich cultural and musical traditions. Based on author Donna Lee Kwon's extensive fieldwork, the text features interviews with performers, eyewitness accounts of performances, and vivid illustrations. Kwon uses three themes--Korea as a transnational player in East Asia, the intersection of Korean music and cultural politics, and Korea's maintenance of its strong cultural identity through both musical and aesthetic continuity--to survey the region and draw parallels and contrasts between its various traditions"--Cover, p. [4].
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
Books Library, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) Window on Korea Non-fiction 780.9519 K988m (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2012 01 Available WOK000808
Books Library, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) Window on Korea Non-fiction 780.9519 K988m (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2012 02 Available WOKC00808
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-188), discography (p. 188), and index.

CD features various performers.

"Music in Korea is the first brief, single-volume text to provide a thematic, succinct introduction to the music of Korea--a region whose volatile political climate has often overshadowed its rich cultural and musical traditions. Based on author Donna Lee Kwon's extensive fieldwork, the text features interviews with performers, eyewitness accounts of performances, and vivid illustrations. Kwon uses three themes--Korea as a transnational player in East Asia, the intersection of Korean music and cultural politics, and Korea's maintenance of its strong cultural identity through both musical and aesthetic continuity--to survey the region and draw parallels and contrasts between its various traditions"--Cover, p. [4].

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