Pansori
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Template:Koreanname noimage Pansori is a genre of Korean music. It is a vocal and percussional music performed by one soriggun (소리꾼; a singer) and one gosu (고수; 鼓手; a drummer).
Being popular in Korea during the 19th century, it featured satires and love stories. A full story, madang (마당), is so long that it usually takes hours to complete. A madang consists of certain alterations of aniris (아니리; descriptive speech) and changs (창; song).
In the performance, a soriggun sings, standing with a folding fan held in one hand. It emphasizes his/her motions and is used to announce changes of scene through its unfolding. A gosu gives rhythm not only by beats but also by chooimsae (추임새)s, verbal sounds. A chooimsae can be a simple meaningless vowel, but short words of encouragement are also given. The audience also are supposed to give chooimsaes during the performance.
Famous pansori singers
- Jo Sunmuk was the winner of the first prize at the 9th Nationwide Pansori Singing Contest
- No Suhyeon, 9 year old wunderkind of pansori song.
See also
External link
- Pansori song (http://www.parandeul.co.kr/pansorisong.htm)
- John Holstein's new book "A Yang for Every Yin" is a collection of English-language dramatizations of Korean classics. Four of the five stories are based on pansori narratives. (http://www.seoulselection.com/newsletter_read.html?nid=171)fr:Pansori