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Traditional Korean music DVDs for overseas audiences
Institutions or organizations overseas dedicated to Korean studies can order a free DVD-set on Korean traditional music from the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage.
The DVD-set “Empathy and Communication through Korean Traditional Music,” released last December, is made up of 10 DVDs that offer explanations in English and French together with additional guide books on old Korean music translated in those languages.
The DVD-set consist of one disk of palace music, two disks of artistic music and two of folk music. They are Jongmyo Jeryeak (Important Intangible Cultural Property No. 1) a traditional orchestra piece of music played to deceased kings and queens of Korea; Gasa songs (Important Intangible Cultural Property No. 41); Iri Hyangje Julpungnyu (Important Intangible Cultural Property No.83-2), a string chamber suite of Buddhist ceremonial music; Gyeonggi minyo (Important Intangible Cultural Property No. 57), the folk song of Gyeonggi-do (Gyeonggi Province); and Daegeum sanjo (Important Intangible Cultural Property No. 45), a solo performance music played on a bamboo transverse flute.
The first five DVDs contain performances of some of the representative pieces of traditional Korean music, and the second DVDs explain the history and the characteristics of the respective pieces. The explanatory DVDs are about 25-30 minutes long and the performance DVDs 60 to 90 minutes.
The DVD-set is produced in a limited number for the purpose of promotion only, so it is not for sale. The institute has already distributed some to Korean embassies, cultural centers and Korean study research centers abroad. Other organizations interested in Korean music can order it for free. In Korea please call: 042-860-9235 (Korean). From abroad, please e-mail: kimik@ocp.go.kr
The National Research Institute has so far made videos of 117 out of a total of 124 items designated important intangible cultural properties. The latest DVD is based on footage filmed earlier. In the latter half of this year, the institute seeks to release a similar DVD, this time on Korean traditional attire, Hanbok and in more languages.
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