여민락 與民樂

Korea / Korean court and ritual music

Enjoyment with the People

A court piece from the reign of King Sejong, first used to accompany a court dance and sung to the Classical Chinese verses of the Yongbi eocheonga. The version played here grew out of it in the late Joseon period: the old song, set for full orchestra of winds, fiddles and zithers, with no voice. Its title means "enjoyment with the people".

Performer
National Gugak Center (국립국악원) court ensemble, led by Kim Gi-dong (김기동, jipbak): piri, daegeum, haegeum, geomungo, gayageum, ajaeng and sogeum; janggu Park Geo-hyeon (박거현); jwago drum Jo Seong-uk (조성욱)
Instruments
Mixed ensemble 合奏, Gayageum 가야금 伽倻琴, Janggu 장구
Recorded
2012
Length
7:05
Licence
KOGL Type 2 (non-commercial) · 국립국악원 (National Gugak Center), 2012 토요명품공연: 종합 '다'형 [04.21.], 01. 여민락; Kim Gi-dong (집박), Park Geo-hyeon (janggu) and the NGC court ensemble; 공공누리 제2유형 (KOGL Type 2)Recorded on 21 April 2012 at Umyeondang (우면당), National Gugak Center, Seoul, at a Saturday Masterpiece Concert (토요명품공연); archive record A015831. The National Gugak Center archive marks it KOGL Type 2 (attribution, non-commercial use only); the Korea Copyright Commission's gongu listing says Type 1, and Kotone follows the stricter Type 2. The file is the whole concert, streamed from the archive's own server; Kotone plays only the stretch the archive lists for this piece and re-hosts nothing.
Source
National Gugak Center archive (국립국악원)

In the collection

  1. 종묘제례악 宗廟祭禮樂Jongmyo jeryeak — Music for the Royal Ancestral ShrineNational Gugak Center (국립국악원) musicians, singer and dancers, led by Yang Myeong-seok (양명석, jipbak, with the bak clapper); Lee Jeong-gyu (이정규, jipsa, ritual caller); Kim Byeong-o (김병오, akjang singer); piri, taepyeongso, daegeum, haegeum, ajaeng, gayageum, geomungo, pyeonjong bells, pyeongyeong stones, banghyang, janggu, drums, jing, chuk and eo; munmu and mumu dancers · Mixed ensemble, Voice, Janggu · 201522:49
  2. 수제천 壽齊天Sujecheon — Long Life, Immeasurable as the HeavensNational Gugak Center (국립국악원) court ensemble, led by Kim Gi-dong (김기동, jipbak): piri Yang Myeong-seok (양명석) and four others; daegeum, haegeum, ajaeng and sogeum; janggu Park Geo-hyeon (박거현); jwago drum Jo Seong-uk (조성욱) · Mixed ensemble, Janggu · 201511:57