Yoon-Seong Cho's Jazz Korea: A Cross-cultural Musical Excursion
Description:
This thesis examines Yoon-Seong Cho's critically acclaimed recording Jazz Korea, in which Cho unites Korean folk music and American jazz into a single form of expression. By reinterpreting Korean folk music through jazz, Cho stimulated interest in the Korean jazz scene and a renewed interest in Korean traditional folk songs. The goal of the thesis, the first musicological essay about Yoon-Seong Cho, is to understand how Cho's diasporic experiences affected his music by leading to a process of s…
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Date:
May 2008
Creator:
Joo, Hwajoon
Partner:
UNT Libraries