수난과 희망: 피난수도 대학 음악교육 시론

Abstract

This paper explores music education at the university level during the Korean War. Music majors were offered at three universities - Ewha Womans University, Sookmyung Women’s University, and Seoul National University - when the war broke out in 1950. All three universities were relocated to the newly appointed capital city of Pusan to continue education. This move and the turmoil of the war led to university music education developing in uneven ways, leaving various facets in need of exploration. This paper aims to reveal that even through the disruptions of the Korean War, positive developments were made in music education. In particular, the status of music education within universities rose, and there was a case in which a student majoring in music was able to interact with a relocated musical expert, shaping her future career path in ways not possible before the war. These discussions are based on analysis of previous research, historiographies written by universities, selected newspaper articles, as well as the wartime notes and oral history of Young Ja Lee, an undergraduate composer during the war. This research advances the understanding of music education during the war by analyzing and consolidating information on wartime university music education previously scattered among various sources. Also, this research will contribute to understanding the history of music education as part of the cultural history of Pusan.