Added: Jan 23, 2008
From: transformingArt
Duration: 3:45
Another excerpt from 'ChoonHyangGa(The Song of ChoonHyang, Korean; 춘향가)' (See notes for the Plot of this Pansori in my 'Lament for Shaggy Hair' posting. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dgx7MzwaB8 ) This Song, mostly description and dialogue, is a Part of the Separation Scene. MongRyong tells ChoonHyang that He must go with his father, whom got a promotion in The Royal Court in Seoul. He Also tells her that the couple is now forced to be seperated. Hearing this, ChoonHyang burst into tears, recollects her good memories with MongRyong, and weeps. MongRyong promises that he would come back later and get married legally with ChoonHyang. The Singer, Dong-Baek Lee,(Korean; 이동백, 1867-1950) is regarded as one of the Most Famous and Talented Pansori singer of 20th century. He was famous for his impromptu performance and his high-keyed voice. (You can listen the moment when he reaches his high key - But not his top - between 02:01 and 02:13. He was 61 years old when he recorded this!). He was dubbed as a member of Korean Knighthood by the Emperor in 1901, at the age of 35, for his musical achievements. He recorded many 78rpm records. He firstly recorded few single-sided discs for U.S. Victor Talking Machine Company in 1915, and exclusively recorded for Nipponophone company(later merged into Japan Columbia company in 1928) from 1925 to 1926. He made his first electrically-recorded discs in 1928 with Japan Victor Company(This is one of them), and recorded other Pansori excerpts for Columbia in the following year. And He participated in two 19-Disc sets of "SimCheongGa" and "JeokByeokGa", which was adapted as a form of a Chang-Geuk(Korean; 창극, A variation of Pansori with a group of singers - with Western-style Drama) for Polydor in 1935. His last recording is a short piece of Traditional folk song, recorded in 1935, for Polydor Company. He was also known as a great teacher of Pansori. He was one of the founder of The Korea Pansori Institute in 1933. He had a lot of Pupils, but most of them died early or killed during Korean War. His last student, Kwang-su Chung (Korean; 정광수), died in 1997. He retired from the stage in 1939. He never married, though he had many affairs with women during his lifetime. He died as a lonely recluse in August 1950. The Record itself was really worn-out. I tried everything to reduce the surface noise without filtering, but this is my best result.
Channel: Music
Tags: 78rpm choonhyangga dong-baek korean lee of pansori scene separation song victor 이동백 이별가 춘향가 판소리
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