THE ORIGIN OF THE SIJO (時調) POETIC FORM IN RELATION TO OLD KOREAN MUSIC SCORES

• Published in: Acta Koreana Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 221 - 247
• Main Authors: Jaemin, Park, Jinhee, Kim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Daegu Keimyung University, Academia Koreana 01.06.2017; Academia Koreana, Keimyung University; 한국학연구원
• Subjects: 15th century; 16th century; Collections; Folk music; Music; Musical performances; Musicians & conductors; Poetry; Studies; 기타인문학; Korea-pre-1945; music; origin of sijo (時調); chinjak 1 (眞勺一); form; mandaeyŏp (慢大葉)
• ISSN: 1520-7412; 2733-5348; 2092-1357; 2733-5348
• DOI: 10.18399/acta.2017.20.1.010

This article examines the origin of the sijo form based on the traditional Korean music scores such as mandaeyŏp (慢大葉, fifteenth to sixteenth century music) and chinjak 1 (眞勺一, twelfth to fifteenth century music) and estimates that sijo originated in the late fifteenth to sixteenth centuries. It is...

Table of Contents:

• Abstract 1. METHODOLOGIES 1.1. Comparison target 1.2. Methods of musical comparison 2. MUSICAL COMPARISON BETWEEN MANDAEYŎP AND THETAEYŎP AND PUYŎP SECTIONS OF CHINJAK 1 2.1. Comparison of musical structure 2.2 Comparison of Melody 3. LITERARY EVIDENCE 3.1 The temporal distribution of mandaeyŏp and early sijo 3.2. Formal correspondence between mandaeyŏp’s lyrics and early sijo 4. CONCLUSION REFERENCES