WHAT IS PANSORI
Pansori is s Korean traditional sound, a Korean genre that takes the form of musical storytelling. This Korean tradition is popularly recognized as a world heritage sound
MEANING OF PANSORI
The word Pansori is a Korean word Pan and Sori, the word pan has different meanings while Sori mean sound in Korean it can be the sound of people, the sound of rain, the sound of sadness or anger etc.
Themes of pansori varies according to the story of family, loyalty, royalty love, anger, sadness, bereavement etc. there are 12 sounds in pansori also called 12 yards
HISTORY IF PANSORI
One of the earliest history of Pansori was traced to the 17thcentury, in the Joseon Dynasty, it gained more recognistion in the 18th and 19th century. Some documents and literature have recognized that the earliest performers id Pansori was most likely Street performers, Shamans called Mudang etc. it was recognized as an oral tradition. In 1964, Pansori was designated as Koreans national Intangible Cultural Heritage. While in 2003 it became registered as the UNESCO Masterpiece of the Oral and intangible Heritage of Humanity of Korea.
PEOPLE THAT PERFORM THE PANSORI
Pansori performance involves a singer/ vocalist called Chanja and a drummer or percussionist called Gosu , the name of the drum is called PUK(double-headed barrel drum)
WHAT DOES PANSORI CHARACTERISED AND CONSIST OF
Pansori is characterized by musical storytelling with expressive singing, a repertory of narratives and gestures, and stylized speech. it consists of songs (chang), narration (Aniri) physical gesture (neoreumsae)
ELEMENTS OF PANSORI
it consists of songs (chang), narration/the spoken (Aniri) physical gestures ( pallim/ neoreumsae)
TERMS OF PANSORI
Aniri: the Changja
Changja: The singer who sings Pansori
Chuimse: this means the Audience or master who speaks
Gosu: The drummer/percussionist
Gui-Myeongchang : The audience who enjoys pansori
Balim: Take action according to the rhythm or editorial content, some make use of fan
LITERATURE TALKING ABOUT PANSORI
There are several literatures talking about Pansori some of them are
Chan E. Park Voices from the Straw Mat (pp. 126–145)
Hae-kyung Um, “New P’ansori in Twenty-first-century Korea: Creative Dialectics of Tradition and Modernity” (Asian Theatre Journal 25.1, Spring 2008, pp. 24-57).
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KIM Yeon Study on the process of development of the Created Pansori”, 2007
김현주,「창작 판소리 사설의 직조방식」(About the storytelling way of newly Pansori), 판소리연구 17, 2004.
KOREAN DRAMA WITH PANSORI
The sound of the flower was a Korean drama film that showed the life of the person who became the first female pansori singer in 1867
