Foreword; Preface; CD Track List; 1. KOREA FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER; Pyongyang, North Korea; Kosong, South Korea; Intersecting Themes; Transnationalism in Flux: From the "Hermit Kingdom" to the "Korean Wave": From the "Hermit Kingdom" to the "Korean Wave"; Modernization and Cultural Continuity in North and South Korea; Music and Cultural Politics: Articulating the Border through Song; "Our Wish is Reunification": The Story of Im Su-kyong: ; Popular Visions of Reunification: ; 2. THE COURT AS CULTURAL CONDUIT; Court Music, Cultural Policy, and the State; The Movement of Court Culture from East to West; The Development of Ritual Music of the Court: Music, Cultural Politics, and the State; Court Music in Practice Today; Experiencing State Sacrificial Music; Ritual Order and Cosmology; Instruments and Music; Munmyo Cheryeak: ; Chongmyo Cheryeak: ; Tension and Release in Sujech'on; 3. THE POLITICS OF PRESERVATION AND REVIVAL IN INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC; Instrumental Preservation, Adaptation, and Revival; South Korea: The Politics of Preservation and Revival; North Korea: Music and the Masses; Solo Repertoires; Sanjo; The Development of Sanjo and its Spread to other Instruments: ; Changdan: The Rhythmic Underpinning of Sanjo: ; The Interaction of Rhythm, Mode, and Melody in Sanjo: ; Ensemble Forms; P'ungmul; P'ungmul in the Village Madang: ; P'ungmul in the Streets: Political Protest Marches: ; P'ungmul on Stage: The Emergence of Samul Nori: ; Shamanist Ritual Forms; Chindo Ssikkim-kut (Cleansing Rituals): ; Sinawi and the Cultivation of Improvisation: ; 4. THE SINGING VOICE; Folksongs; Central (Kyonggi) minyo; Southern (Namdo) minyo; Sijo-ch'ang: Cultivating an Appreciation for Sung Poetry; Text, Rhythm, and Melody; P'ansori: Intertextuality and Cultural Continuity; History and Development Through Multiple Formats; Performance and Repertoire; Warm-up Songs (Tan'ga): ; Narrative Performance: The Song of Ch'unhyang: ; Expressive Elements of P'ansori; P'ansori Aesthetics; Contemporary Developments in Korean Musical Theater and Film; North Korean Revolutionary Opera; P'ansori and Film: Director Im Kwon-taek; Sop'yonje: ; Ch'unhyang: ; 5. COLONIAL LEGACIES IN KOREA; The Legacy of the Japanese Colonial Occupation (1910-1945); The Enduring Popularity of Trot; The Emergence of Sin minyo; Engaging with Western Concert Music; South Korea: Tradition, Innovation, Synthesis, and Popularization; North Korea: Music, Synthesis, and Politics; Western Music and Modern Nationhood: The Making of Korea's National Anthems; 6. NEGOTIATING TRANSNATIONAL FLOWS OF CULTURE; Shifts in the Global Mediascape; The Korean Wave; K-Pop and the Influence of Seo Taiji and the Boys; Music and Power; The Presence of American Forces and the Dawn of a New Era in South Korean Pop; State-sanctioned Popular Music in North Korea; The Politicization of Popular Music in South Korea: T'ong kit'a and the Song Movement; Cultural Continuity in Korean Popular Music: Indexing "Tradition" in Korean Hip-Hop; Moving Beyond "Tradition" in the Music of Jang Goon; Glossary; References; Resources; Index