Dangak
Dangak (syllables: dang-ak) is a genre of traditional Korean court music. The name means "Tang music," and the style was first adapted from Tang music during the Unified Silla period in the late first millennium. It was continued through the Goryeo (935-1394) and Joseon (1394-1910) dynasties, when along with hyangak and aak it made up the three approved genres of court music. Dangak performances were accompanied by Tang-style dances known as dangak jeongjae.
Together with hyangak, during the Joseon Dynasty dangak performances were the charge of the Jeonakseo (1394-1457) and later of the Jangagwon, the court office of music. Performers of hyangak and dangak were drawn from the lower classes, in contrast to performers of aak.[1]
Notes
- ^ Song (1999), p. 22.
References
- Song, Bang-song (1999). Korean music: Historical and other aspects. Seoul: Jimoondang. ISBN 89-88095-13-8.
See also
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