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Author Harkness, Nicholas, author.

Title Songs of Seoul : an ethnography of voice and voicing in Christian South Korea / Nicholas Harkness
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, [2014]
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Description 1 online resource (320 pages)
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on Romanization; Introduction; PART ONE. THE QUALITIES OF VOICE; 1. Transformations of Voice; 2. Voicing an Advanced Korea; 3. Cultivating the Christian Voice; 4. The Clean Voice; PART TWO. THE SOCIALITY OF VOICE; 5. Tuning the Voice; 6. The Voice of Homecoming; 7. Feeling the Voice; Conclusion; Notes; References Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Summary Songs of Seoul is an ethnographic study of voice in South Korea, where the performance of Western opera, art songs, and choral music is an overwhelmingly Evangelical Christian enterprise. Drawing on fieldwork in churches, concert halls, and schools of music, Harkness argues that the European-style classical voice has become a specifically Christian emblem of South Korean prosperity. By cultivating certain qualities of voice and suppressing others, Korean Christians strive to personally embody the social transformations promised by their religion: from superstition to enlightenment; from
Analysis anthropology
art songs
choral music
christianity
christians
church
concert halls
culture
ethnographic study
ethnomusicology
european style classical voice
evangelical christian
faith
korean christians
linguistics
materiality of the body
music
musicians
opera
performance
personhood
politics
preachers
prosperity
religion
religious
schools of music
semiotics
seoul
singing
social transformation
societal norms
society
songs
sound
south korea
study of voice
superstition
vocal and singing
western opera
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 26, 2013)
Subject Church music -- Korea (South)
Music -- Korea (South) -- Religious aspects
Singing -- Korea (South)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians.
MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Voice.
MUSIC -- Lyrics.
MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Vocal.
Church music
Music -- Religious aspects
Singing
Korea (South)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520957404
0520957407
9781306068871
1306068878