Gayageum Byeongchang [Park Seon-ok]
Bak Seon-ok, a holder of Jeollabuk-do Intangible Cultural Heritage Gayageum-Byeongchang This photo shows Master Bak Seon-ok, holder of Jeollabuk-do Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 49 Gayageum-Byeongchang.
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LocationBuan-gun, Jeollabuk-do
- CategoryCultural Heritage / Intangible Cultural Heritage
- Korean가야금 병창[박선옥]
- Chinese伽倻琴倂唱[朴선옥]
- Nickname선향
- FieldCulture & Education / Culture & Liberal Arts
- Contents TypePerson / Artist
- BirthplaceGudam-ro Jusan-myeon, Buan-gun, Jeollabuk-do
- Activity Area61-1, Bupung-ro Buan-eup, Buan-gun, Jeollabuk-do
- Definition
- Master of the Gayageum from Buan.
- Summary
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Gayageum Byeongchang is a genre of music in which a style of folk song called danga (short lyrical song) or pansori (epic chant) is sung to accompaniment by the gayageum (twelve-stringed zither). Gayageum Byeongchang is known to have been created by Shin Man-yeop and Kim Je-cheol, master singers of the late Joseon period, by instrumentalizing songs for the gayageum. The style was refined by Kim Chang-jo, Oh Soo-am, and others, and then significantly developed by Sim Sang-geon, Gang Tae-hong, Oh Tae-seok, and Jeong Nam-hui among others. The main repertoires of Gayageum Byeongchang include danga songs such as Saetaryeong (Bird Song), Honamga (Song of the Honam Region), Jukjangmanghye (Song of a Simple Outfit with Straw Sandals and a Bamboo Stick), Nogeumbangcho (Song of Green Grass), and Gongmyeongga (Song of Kong Ming); pansori songs such as Sarangga (Love Song) of Chunhyangga (Song of Chunhyang), Jebi nojeonggi (A Swallow’s Journey) of Heungboga (Song of Heungbo), Gogocheonbyeon (Turtle Goes into the World) of Sugungga (Song of the Water Palace), Simbongsa’s Journey to Hwangseong of Simcheongga (Song of Simcheong), and Zilong’s Firing of an Arrow of Jeokbyeokga (Song of the Red Cliffs).
- Career
- Park Seon-ok was born on January 29, 1956 in Deongnim-ri, Jusan-myeon, Buan-gun, Jeollabuk-do. She began learning the art of pansori at the Busan Gukak Center in 1970 when she was fourteen, and then went on to study Gayageum Byeongchang under Park Gwi-hui (Real name: Oh Gye-hwa, Holder of Gayageum Byeongchang [Gayageum Music and Singing], National Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 23) in 1974. Although there are many lineages of succession of Gayageum Byeongchang, Park Gwi-hui’s style has been handed down successively by Kim Chang-jo (1865-1919), Oh Su-gwan and his son Oh Tae-seok (1895-1953), and Park Gwi-hui (1921-1993). The Park Gwi-hui style of Gayageum Byeongchang was established as a unique genre based on the brilliant singing and gayageum performances.
Park Seon-ok opened the Park Seon-ok Gukak Art and Folklore Research Institute in Bangbae-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul in 2001, and opened another institute under the same name in Seooe-ri, Buan-eup, Buan-gun, Jeollabuk-do in 2006. She was recognized as Holder of Gayageum Byeongchang, Jeollabuk-do Intangible Cultural Heritage No.49, on June 5, 2020. At present, she is training younger students at the Park Seon-ok Gukak Art and Folklore Research Institute.
- Awards and Commemorations
- Park Seon-ok has won a number of awards including the Participation Prize in the adult category at the National Gayageum Byeongchang Competition in 1983; the runner-up prize in the adult category at the 16th National Gukak Festival in 1998; the Presidential Prize at the 17th National Gukak Festival and first prize in the Gayageum Byeongchang category at the 10th Seoul Gukak Competition in 1999; the Gukak Lead ership Education Award at the Jang Bo-go Gukak Competition in 2006; and the Jang Bo-go Gukak Award in 2008.
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