The Musical Characteristics of the Chinese Poem Art Song: focus on 「Yanggwan Sandie」

Abstract

Chinese Poem contains the rich essence of traditional Chinese culture (called “Chinese Poem” in Korea because it includes modern works), and is used as an important material in contemporary Chinese artist songs due to its high literary value containing the wisdom and aspirations of ancient poets. “Yanggwan Samchop” is also known as “Yanggwangok” or “Satanggok”, which became widely sung after being included in the collection of poems of musicians based on the Tang poet Wang Yu’s “Songwon Issaanseo”. Since then, Chinese Poem Temple has been developed for thousands of years and has been reborn in various art styles such as vocal music and instrumental music. After the introduction of Western music into China, many Chinese composers tried to pursue unique Chinese music by incorporating Western composition techniques into traditional Chinese music. This study will examine the musical characteristics of the works in harmony with tradition and modernity, China and the West, by analyzing the vocal and piano of 「Yanggwan Samchop」, an artist song of Gosisa Temple. To this end, we will describe the poetry, content, and background of Gosisa 「Yanggwan Samchop」 and analyze the formal structure and music of the song in detail to derive unique artistic characteristics of this work, such as the combination of poetry and music and the intersection of imagination and reality. Through this study, it is hoped that Chinese vocal researchers and majors will be able to understand “Yanggwan Samchop” in depth, and that overseas vocal researchers and majors will be well-known for Chinese national vocal works, especially traditional Gosisa artist songs. In addition, it is expected that this paper will play an important role in the conservation and development of traditional Chinese culture and research on the combination of Chinese and Western cultures.