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Fantasy on the Korean folk song “Arirang”

Abstract

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<p><em>Fantasy on the Korean Folk Song “Arirang”</em> is an original tone poem for orchestra of approximately nine minutes duration. It is based on the Korean folk song, Arirang. Arirang deals with the story of a woman who hopes for the return of her lover. The work divides into two sections, separated by an intense climax. While both sections exploit dramatic and lyrical elements implicit in the story, the second section focuses more on the lyric aspect of the folk song and legend, and ends in tranquillity reminiscent of the opening. A variety of modern harmonic, textural, and rhythmic treatments blend and contrast the Korean folk elements with modern developmental procedures. Although the entire folk song refrain appears early in the first section, most of the fantasy transforms and develops fragments extracted from the original folk melody.</p>

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Music (MM)
Level thesis:degree_level
Open Access Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Music and Dance
Year dc:date.available
2012

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Park, Sue Jean
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Anthony Iannaccone, Ph.D., Chair
  • David Pierce, Ph.D.
  • MeeAe Nam, Ph.D.

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Repository record dc:identifier
https://commons.emich.edu/theses/378
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:commons.emich.edu:theses-1746

Chain of custody

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2026-07-24
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citation

Park, Sue Jean. Fantasy on the Korean folk song “Arirang”. Open Access Thesis thesis, 2012. https://commons.emich.edu/theses/378