Preserving Korean Music: Intangible Cultural Properties as Icons of Identity 
Subtitle: Perspectives on Korean Music (Soas Musicology) (Soas Musicology) (Soas Musicology)
Edition: Har/Com edition
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: November 18, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780754638926
Subjects: Contemporary popular music; Theory of music & musicology; Social aspects; Korea; Music; Music/Songbooks; History & Criticism - General; History and criticism; Genres & Styles - International
First sentence: As South Korea emerged from Japanese colonialism and the devastating Korean War, so modernization led to the rapid decline of traditional performance arts and crafts.