숭의여학교의 1903-1938년까지 음악교육 및 합창활동에 관한 연구

Abstract

This paper is a study on the music education and choral activities that took place at Soong Eui Girls’ Academy from its opening to its closure. The Pyeng Yang area was established as a missionary compound by Northern Presbyterian missionaries in 1893, and as a result of the ministry they led for many years, such as Bible study and Sunday school, it became a place of explosive revival in the early 1900s. Soong Eui Girls’ Academy, the first girls’ academy established by the Northern Presbyterian Church in Pyeng Yang, was the root of secondary education for women, and became an important example of modern Western music education and music activities in Korea. Music classes were assigned for 1-2 hours a week for each grade, and songs were always used for Sunday school, missionary work, and patriotic enlightenment activities. The singing and organ education that had been conducted by Western missionaries since the school’s opening was gradually taken over by Korean teachers from Soong Eui Girls’ Academy from in the mid-1920s, and in the 1930s, it was exclusively taught by Korean music teachers who majored in music. In particular, the students’ skills were further improved under the guidance of Kim Shin-pok and Kim Myung-ai, who were graduates of the Ewha College Music Department and specialized in choir instruction. The Soong Eui Chorus, which gathered as a music club after school during the week and practiced regularly, continued to be the most active in the 1930s due to Principal Swallen’s policy of revitalizing special activities. However, since the musical activities of the Soong Eui Chorus were mostly conducted within the Pyeng Yang and the scope of activities was narrow, there is a point of limit which makes it difficult to conclude that they were mainly invited to the performances related to Soong Sil Academy(Pyeng Yang Presbyterian boys’ Academy) and took the lead in the activities. Furthermore, after the academy closed in 1938, the singing of Soong Eui Girls’ Academy in Pyeng Yang could no longer be heard. However, Soong Eui Girls’ Academy served as a major backdrop for the germination and growth of Western music in the Pyeng Yang area, and their musical activities were very meaningful as a result of the academy’s pursuit of service and sharing combined with music education.