Nationalism music, referring to the creation of a style of national sense in the work by the composer using the musical language or material unique to the nation to express the characteristics of an independent nation, began to gain attention with the...
Nationalism music, referring to the creation of a style of national sense in the work by the composer using the musical language or material unique to the nation to express the characteristics of an independent nation, began to gain attention with the beginning of the nationalist movement in the 19th century. This study aimed to analyze the author's <10 Variations on the Theme of Saeya Saeya Parang Saeya for Piano (2021)>, which was composed by borrowing a Korean folk song melody, in accordance with this musical trend and thereby to develop a direction for the development of Korean contemporary music and to create its own musical language.
Through a formal analysis of variations, it was aimed to suggest how Korean To-ri, Jang-dan, and its folk songs melody were recreated by fusion with Western music. The overall form of the work consisted of ten variations. The melodies were varied by using the rhythms of the Yukjabaegi To-ri, a melody of Jeolla-do, and the Jungjungmori rhythm, which is mainly used in Namdo folk songs. In addition, rather than simply variations on the Western style of melody, harmony, rhythm, and structure, cadence that is not often used in tonal music such as deceptive cadence, picardy cadence, and amen cadence is used, and ambiguity of the tonality is applied, thereby reconstructing the melody of “Saeya Saeya Parang Saeya” into a modern style. In addition, the usage of the piano was maximized by using a wide range of sound, which is not often used in general piano music, and using dynamic, pedal-based ringing and continuous sound.
Conclusively with this work, it is expected that Korean unique musical usage be inherited and developed, and furthermore, it is hoped that more creative musical usages unique to Korea will emerge.