The music curriculum about the recent 7th education course(2000∼2004) emphasizes various generations & music of a cultural area compared with the 6th education course. Accordingly, the importance of Korean music is enhanced to be comparable to weste...
The music curriculum about the recent 7th education course(2000∼2004) emphasizes various generations & music of a cultural area compared with the 6th education course. Accordingly, the importance of Korean music is enhanced to be comparable to western music.
The result of the comparison the four periods of Western music with the four periods of the Yi dynasty in this thesis is as follows. The secular music differs from the Middle Age developed, and the secular and religious music coexisted in the first period or the Renaissance Period. At the same time, Great King Se-Jong and King Sung-Jong accomplished the greatest development in Yi dynasty. Court music, Dangak, the native Korean music in succession the Koryo dynasty was maintained and began to make music for the folks. There was the season of confusion by many wars socially in Baroque Period, the key system of a major·minor key was set up, and the operas and the oratorios were composed at the same period. Coincidentally, ant that time, Yi danasty had many wars and experienced Depression of Culture including Music. The Enlightenmentism·Rationalism in the third period or the Classical Period were dominant, music was popular, and the instrumental music with homophony was developed. At the same time, in the third period of Yi, the social confusion by wars was solved through the regime of King Yong-Jo & Jong-Jo, and it was the period when music was recovered gradually. The individualism & liberalism in the forth period of the Romantic Period prevailed and program music, art song, and music of nationalism developed. In the fourth period of Yi dynasty, the products of Western civilization was introduced by realism, and there was development socially and economically. The folk music such Japga, Pansori, a popular folk song, Sinawui, and Sanjo was developed as well. In conclusion, the West and Korea had something defferent or in common through 500 years.
In the past comparison of music among societies and cultures, the only predominant music was focused. But modern concept was different though. The tribe musicologist Nettl said," Each society has its own music style matching with its culture, so it cannot be compared with each other, and each nation can only judge its own music." Following his view, we can not say which is superior between Western and Korean music. Music is valuable for itself because it holds its genuine national thought or emotion, which attract attention of students in teaching-learning course.