In Search of Korean Traditional Opera: Discourses of Changguk

by Andrew Killick

This is the first book on Korean opera in a language other than Korean. Its subject is ch'angguk, a form of musical theater that has developed over the last hundred years from the older narrative singing tradition of p'ansori. Andrew Killick examines the history and current practice of ch'angguk as an ongoing attempt to invent a traditional Korean opera form to compare with those of neighboring China and Japan. In this, the work addresses a growing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824832906
• ISBN13: 9780824832902
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"