장월중선 창작품의 종류와 창작 활동

Abstract

Chang Wŏl-chungsŏn’s Works and Her Creative Activities Kim Sŏng-hye Chang Wŏl-chungsŏn 張月中仙 is well-known as a virtuoso in traditional music fields such as p’ansori 판소리, sanjo 散調 and kayagŭm pyŏngch’ang 伽倻琴倂唱, and quite recently also as a traditional dance virtuoso. Despite the fact that the pieces composed by her are still being performed, they have rarely been studied. This study is to highlight the kinds of Chang Wŏl-chungsŏn’s works and her creative activities. First, Chang Wŏl-chungsŏn’s works spread across a variety of genres from music to dancing. In the vocal music she composed folk songs and kayagŭm pyŏngch’ang, in dancing Korean new dance (sinmuyong 新舞踊) and creative dance (including reconstructed ones), and in instrumental music ajaeng sanjo 牙箏散調. In addition, her works include composite arts like Korean classic opera such as ch’anggŭk 唱劇 and ch’angmugŭk 唱舞劇. Secondly, the number of works that Chang Wŏl-chungsŏn created in each genre are as follows: 1 piece of ajaeng sanjo, 17 of ch’anggŭk, 6 of vocal piece, 17 of creative dance repertory, and 9 of ch’angmugŭk. For the convenience of study, her works could be categorized into two divisions, the big piece and the small piece. The ones that belong to the big piece are ajaeng sanjo (1), ch’anggŭk (17) and ch’angmugŭk (9) and those that belong to the small piece are vocal music (6) and creative dance (17). In total, she composed 27 big pieces and 23 small pieces. Especially the 27 big pieces demonstrate how great a composer she was. Through this research, it has additionally been found that she not only composed music for ch’anggŭk and ch’angmugŭk but also choreographed them. Thirdly, Chang Wŏl-chungsŏn worked as an artist for about 50 years from the early 1950s to the mid 1990s. She composed about 50 pieces including such ch’anggŭk repertoires as “Haeryŏngt’ap” 解令塔 (1952) and “Myŏngch’ang Im Pang-ul” 名唱 林芳蔚 (1994). She started working when she was 28 years old and continued to work until she was 70. Creative works took a large portion of her artistic activities through constant pursuit of new forms of art. This research is intended to focus on the creative works of Chang Wŏl-chungsŏn and to renew her artistic activities.