madang

Korean music

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p’ansori repertoire

  • In p’ansori: Repertoire

    …5 of an original 12 madang, or song cycles, are still performed in the 21st century. These madang address a variety of topics. The Ch’unhyangga (“The Song of Ch’unhyang”) cycle is a tale of love between an upper-class man and the lower-class daughter of a kisaeng (female entertainer), while the…

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