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A Conductor's Guide to Hyo-Won Woo's Choral Music as Reflected in "Oh! KOREA"

The choral music of Hyo-won Woo, the composer of Oh! KOREA, is being widely performed by universities and professional choruses in Korea, as well as throughout the world. The work exhibits Woo's remarkable compositional style, which displays traditional Korean musical influences. Hyo-Won Woo's Oh! KOREA consisting of four movements, is for chorus, two pianos, and both Eastern and Western percussion instruments. Woo's Oh! KOREA employs an excellent introduction to the Korean choral repertoire for Western audiences, rooted in traditional Korean folk tunes. As today's choral conductors, singers, and audience cannot fully appreciate the value of this traditional Korean work and will likely not understand its intended context, it is therefore necessary to provide an in-depth investigation of this work for any conductor considering a performance of this piece. This study includes influences of traditional Korean elements within Oh! KOREA and rehearsal and performance consideration for Western choir directors.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1404580
Date12 1900
CreatorsNoh, Wonil
ContributorsHightower, Allen, Austin, Stephen F., Nápoles, Jessica
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatvi, 41 pages : illustrations, music, Text
CoverageSouth Korea
RightsPublic, Noh, Wonil, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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