Songs of Seoul : an ethnography of voice and voicing in Christian South Korea /

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Songs of Seoul is an ethnographic study of voice in South Korea, where the performance of Western opera, art songs, and choral music is an overwhelmingly Evangelical Christian enterprise. Drawing on fieldwork in churches, concert halls, and schools of music, Harkness argues that the European-style c...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Harkness, Nicholas (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
Temas:
Church music > Korea (South)
Music > Korea (South) > Religious aspects.
Singing > Korea (South)
Musique d'église > Corée du Sud.
Musique > Corée du Sud > Aspect religieux.
Chant > Corée du Sud.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Voice.
MUSIC > Lyrics.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Vocal.
Church music
Music > Religious aspects
Singing
Korea (South)
anthropology.
art songs.
choral music.
christianity.
christians.
church.
concert halls.
culture.
ethnographic study.
ethnomusicology.
european style classical voice.
evangelical christian.
faith.
korean christians.
linguistics.
materiality of the body.
music.
musicians.
opera.
performance.
personhood.
politics.
preachers.
prosperity.
religion.
religious.
schools of music.
semiotics.
seoul.
singing.
social transformation.
societal norms.
society.
songs.
sound.
south korea.
study of voice.
superstition.
vocal and singing.
western opera.
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Sumario:Songs of Seoul is an ethnographic study of voice in South Korea, where the performance of Western opera, art songs, and choral music is an overwhelmingly Evangelical Christian enterprise. Drawing on fieldwork in churches, concert halls, and schools of music, Harkness argues that the European-style classical voice has become a specifically Christian emblem of South Korean prosperity. By cultivating certain qualities of voice and suppressing others, Korean Christians strive to personally embody the social transformations promised by their religion: from superstition to enlightenment; from.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (320 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520957404
0520957407
9781306068871
1306068878

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