악보산업 양상을 통해 살펴본 한국 현대음악문화사

Abstract

This research tries to find an alternative method to explore the contemporary Korean music culture involved in the score publication industry. The Korean score publication industry began during the modernization period, and developed as a crucial music industry around the Korean War. This research, as an initial attempt in this area, focuses on the intricate relations between the score publication industry and the music culture after the Korean War. In doing so, this work examines contemporary Korean social circumstances deeply related to the score publication industry, such as the Korean War in the early 1950s, joining of the Universal Copyright Convention in 1987, the glory days of rock bands (also called group sound) in the 1970s, the emergence of middle-class ideology in the 1970s~80s, curriculum of public school, and the transformation of popular music idioms. The method of this research is based upon extensive interviews with those who have been related to the score publication industry, such as managers of major score publishers, salespersons of music scores, and diverse consumers. The memories of the informants were cross-examined with archival works, including journals and newspapers. This article consists of three parts: (1) Emergence of Popular Songbooks: 1950s ~ 1970s, (2) Heyday of Piano Scores: mid 1970s ~ 1990s, (3) Current Situation: 2000s.