Overcoming National Division in Korean Music History: A Re-examination of the 1940s Music Scene through Musicians who Crossed to the North

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 17-55
Author(s):  
Jeeyeon Huh
Keyword(s):  
Music History ◽  
Korean Music ◽  
The North ◽  
Music Scene ◽  
National Division

Three Major Issues in Korean Music History

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 7-15
Author(s):  
Jun-yon Hwang ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Music History ◽  
Korean Music

Dialogue with John Dunn on Korean Denuclearization

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 293-311
Author(s):  
Sang-Jin Han
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Weapons ◽  
Korean Peninsula ◽  
North Korea ◽  
Vantage Point ◽  
Global Risk ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
The North ◽  
Fundamental Limit ◽  
National Division ◽  
Reasonable Solution

This dialogue addresses the global risk that broke out of the North Korean development of nuclear weapons and missiles. It starts from the brutal consequences of the national division for Korea and asks why North Korea has been so preoccupied with nuclear projects as has been found to be the case since the 1990s, and how much and why Kim Jung-un today differs from his father in terms of his future, and where the fundamental limit lies in Moon Jae-In’s as well as Trump’s approaches to Korean denuclearization and peace. The highlight of this dialogue is to explain the intrinsic difficulties for Donald Trump and Kim Jung-un in finding a reasonable solution to their respective demands for denuclearization and regime security, and explore the likely future of the Korean Peninsula from the vantage point of Kim Dae-jung’s Sunshine Policy and metamorphosis.

There's Music to Play, Places to Go, People to See! An Exploration of Innovative Relational Spaces in the Formation of Music Scenes: The Case of The Hague in the 1960s

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-152
Author(s):  
Amanda Brandellero ◽  
Robert C. Kloosterman
Keyword(s):  
Popular Music ◽  
Music History ◽  
East Indies ◽  
Music Scenes ◽  
Music Scene ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Hague ◽  
Popular Music History ◽  
American Popular Music ◽  
The 1960S

It was not so much Amsterdam, the cultural capital, but The Hague which had the most vibrant Beat music scene in the Netherlands in the 1960s. Part of the explanation for this lies in the presence of a sizeable group of youngsters who were born in the former colony the Dutch East Indies and who were already well acquainted with contemporary American popular music. This laid the foundation for the city's musical effervescence that contributed to placing it firmly on the map of the country's popular music history. We analyse the social and networked dimensions of this local music scene by departing from Howard Becker's concept of art worlds and relating this to concrete places where key actors could meet. We show how abstract agglomeration economies touched down in The Hague and, to be more precise, in a selected set of venues and clubs. We thus present a micro geography of innovative relational spaces where musicians, managers, gatekeepers and a motley crew of hangers-on met, exchanged knowledge, inspired and pushed each other to become (in cases even internationally) successful artists.

‘The rage of the Northmen’: Extreme metal and North-motivated violence

Polar Record ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 339-348
Author(s):  
Nikolas P. Sellheim
Keyword(s):  
Viking Age ◽  
Violent Behaviour ◽  
Scandinavian Society ◽  
Metal Music ◽  
The North ◽  
Music Scene ◽  
Extreme Metal ◽  
Stereotypical Image

AbstractThe Vikings have for generations yielded significant output in different cultural venues. Also the music scene has utilised perceptions of the North and the Northmen to generate a stereotypical image of medieval Scandinavian society. Extreme metal, most notably black and Viking metal, have applied narratives pertaining to the Viking Age for its own purposes. This paper examines one particular aspect of the black and Viking metal music scene: violence. It examines how the North and its inhabitants are utilised to justify violent behaviour. Drawing from pinpointed examples of extreme metal, this paper shows that stereotypical assumptions of violent Viking expansion as well as fear of subjugation motivate the ‘rage of the Northmen.’

A New Recognition of the Korean Music History

1996 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Bangsong Song
Keyword(s):  
Music History ◽  
Korean Music

For EveryManc a Religion: Biblical and Religious Language in the Manchester Music Scene, 1976-1994

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-180
Author(s):  
James Crossley
Keyword(s):  
Popular Music ◽  
Music History ◽  
Religious Language ◽  
Cultural Economic ◽  
Music Scene ◽  
Biblical Language ◽  
Popular Music History

Abstract1976-1994 marks a distinctive period in Mancunian popular music history. During this period, biblical language was used extensively. However, such use is markedly different at the beginning and end of our period. At the beginning, biblical language was used in the name of dark introspection, cynical observation, nihilism and pessimism; by the end, such language was largely being used in the name of self-congratulation, self-importance, hedonism, and (largely misguided) optimism. Social, cultural, economic and biographical reasons are given for this shift.

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