미완의 귀향, 윤이상 음악의 한국 수용 = Unfinished Return: Reception of Isang Yun and His Music in Korean Society

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Isang Yun, a Korean-born German composer, could not return to the homeland for political reasons during his lifetime. In 2017, the 100th anniversary of his birth, however, a lot of memorial events were held in Korea and his music began to resonate. The existence of Isang Yun has been trapped so far in the frame of the political ideology of pro-North Korean artist or a unification activist; his music was not able to escape the preconceived notion of hard-tolisten modern music.
This paper is an attempt to examine the current status and meaning of Isang Yun and his music in Korean society. After reviewing how Yun's music has been received in his home country since the 1950s, I focus on two problems that have been obstacles to the acceptance of his music: the political activities of the composer and the cultural circumstances in which his music sounded unfamiliar to Korean audiences.