음악가 심정순의 공연활동 재검토-1911부터 1926년까지의 『매일신보』 기사를 중심으로-

Abstract

For this paper, not only those 15 articles from the Maeil Shinbo that are related to Sim Jeongsun and already widely well-known in the Korean musicologists’ academic world but also 32 more articles were carefully examined. I also checked up various activities of people around Sim at that time. Based on these investigations, I reconstructed Sim’s career as a musician from 1911 to 1926. Through this research, I was able to re-illuminate the significance of his musical activities of the time. Based on those newly added 32 articles, I found that Sim started his musical activity from 1912 as a member of the Jangansa theater. He was one of the best well-known musicians not only in Seoul but also in other areas of Korea until 1918. However, his performance venues were not included in the main area of the foremost musicians in Seoul. Because he did not join the newly formed musician’s union(Geyongseong Kupa-Baeu-johap), he was unable to performance at rearly venues in Seoul between 1915 and 1919 during this time. He performed outside Seoul, he still enjoy popularity but did not received from the press. He came to Seoul again in 1919 and performed there until 1926. In these years, he was mentioned among the great singers of the time such as Yi Dongbaek and Kim Changryong. He was also mentioned as a legendary gayageum player. However, not many articles about his activities after 1915 can be found. Up to now, many scholars have evaluated Sim Jeongsun as a great pansori singer and, at the same time, as a gayageum player and gayageum byeongchang performer. However, in my opinion he seemed to be have been more famous for a gayageum musician rather than a pansori singer through his career. In addition to this, he worked as a concert director and as a leader of a group. From 1912 Sim Jeongsun staged ‘New Play’ and some programs from related to new novels in local venues. It is not easy to grasp performance forms or musical styles of his plays. However, it is certain that Sim was interested in the improving on old style plays and took a leading role in this development. Although his importance as a transmitter of Junggoje pansori style has been well recognize on the basis of his sons text and recordings. It should not be passed over that he tried to explore new directions in Korean traditional Music.