Perspectives on Korean Music: Creating Korean music : tradition, innovation and the discourse of identity

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Perspectives on Korean Music: Creating Korean music : tradition, innovation and the discourse of identity is written by Keith Howard and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0754657299 (ISBN 10) and 9780754657293 (ISBN 13).

This volume asks what Koreans consider makes music Korean, and how meaning is ascribed to musical creation. Keith Howard explores specific aspects of creativity that are designed to appeal to a new audience that is increasingly westernized yet proud of its indigenous heritage--updates of tradition, compositions, and collaborative fusions. He charts the development of the Korean music scene over the last 25 years and interprets the debates, claims and statistics by incorporating the voices of musicians, composers, scholars and critics.