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Heard

Yanyue tradition · 7th century–10th century

Dangak takes Tang yanyue’s banquet suite and mixed court band and recodes them as a Korean entertainment wing.

Influence

Dangak

tradition · 7th century–19th century

Also called Tangak, Korean Tang music

Korean court entertainment music of Tang/Song banquet descent: named suite pieces kept in Goryeo and Joseon books (Nagyangchun, Boheoja). It hears Yanyue for the Tang banquet job recoded as a Korean court wing. Hyangak leftover as the native Korean court sibling. Aak leftover as the Confucian sacrificial sibling, not this banquet wing. Gagaku leftover as a Japanese analogue, not a child of this node. Empty extra Received/Given is historically checked.

Listen

  1. Nagyangchun Korean dangak tradition (Goryeo / later court books)
  2. Boheoja Korean dangak tradition (Goryeo / later court books)
  3. Dangak suite (court books) Joseon court tradition (Joseon) YouTube
  4. Tang banquet piece (Korean transmission) Goryeo court (medieval)
  5. Dangak (National Gugak reconstruction) National Gugak Center (living reconstruction) YouTube

Passed on

Nothing in the corpus yet that this genre passed on.

Yanyue → Dangak

form and structureinstrumentationfunction and contextstrength: highscholarly consensus700–1200patronagepedagogynotation

Mechanism

Dangak takes Tang yanyue’s banquet suite and mixed court band and recodes them as a Korean entertainment wing. Strength high. yanyue gagaku is the Japanese tōgaku hop; this edge is the Korean court hop. Aak leftover as the sacrificial Song-yayue child, not this banquet wing.

Evidence

Goryeo–Joseon dangak pieces (Nagyangchun, Boheoja) as named Tang-derived repertory; Grove on dangak vs hyangak vs aak.

Debate

Whether Korean court music is all yayue. Sacrificial bronze-and-stone is aak’s; banquet Tang entertainment is dangak’s.

Mediators

institution: Goryeo court music office