Songs for Great Leaders: Ideology and Creativity in North Korean Music and Dance

by Keith Howard

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Famously reclusive and secretive, North Korea can be seen as a theatre that projects itself through music and performance. The first book-length account of North Korean music and dance in any language other than Korean, Songs for "Great Leaders" pulls back the curtain on this theatre for the first time.

Renowned ethnomusicologist Keith Howard moves from the first songs written in the northern part of the divided Korean peninsula in 1946 to...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0190077514

ISBN13:9780190077518

Release Date:February 2020

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:360 Pages

Weight:1.40 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 6.1" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

Arts, Music & Photography History Music

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