The state of arts is the results of the practical activities. Music can not be excluded from that point. Especially, the art of vocal music is formed when human voice is sounded. Therefore, an act of self-expression through moving vocal cords is more ...
The state of arts is the results of the practical activities. Music can not be excluded from that point. Especially, the art of vocal music is formed when human voice is sounded. Therefore, an act of self-expression through moving vocal cords is more emphasized than any other arts. This feature, which emphasizes the act, caused both teachers and learners of vocal music to have an interest only in practical aspect, disregarding theoretical aspect. Education and activities of vocal music which are placed too much emphasis on now need theoretical and systematic analysis and evaluation so that reasonable direction for vocal music education and activities could be set through attaching theory to practice. In Korea, the systematic initiating and developing of the art of vocal music are carried on through activities at universities. For the development of our art of vocal music, problems of vocal music activities should come to the surface on the basis of theory from every point of view. The activity of education can be classified into ideology, process and method. Among those activities, education process has caused trouble at the field of vocal music education. The core of education process in vocal music education is 'Assigned Piece'. Therefore, grasping the actual state of assigned piece equals grasping the realities of vocal music education. The changes of assigned piece also means the changes of vocal music education. This research aims at grasping the actual state of assigned pieces which have been taught at the tion.tment of Vocal Music, Keimyung University in terms of history of music. Vocal music has a lot of forms to perform, and songs for graduation recital is related to assigned pieces which are used for vocal music education at universities. I chose Graduation Recital Programs of Department of Vocal Music at Keimyung University from 1999 to 2008 as an object of study to achieve the aim of this research. Analysis method is to classify the collected data by composers, and grasping composers nationalities and the age of the composers. For subdivided work, a melody and a aria will be compared, and also each part of a voice part will be compared. This comparison will be present with percentage when needed. The result of this research will form public opinion which makes the public has critical mind about education for the development of art of vocal music. It will also present necessary data when selecting assigned piece on the basis of objectivity, not individual differences considered. This theoretical arrangement and criticism about the practice of arts will be needed for the systematic development not only in the art of vocal music, but also in other arts.