2024 ACC-National Gugak Center Exchange & Joint Exhibition “The Best Music Player: What Songs Will Trend in the Coming Spring?”
This exhibition introduces visitors to music from a century ago, showcasing a broad consensus and the artistic values of Gugak through phonograph records and analog audio devices from the National Gugak Center’s collections.
- DateMar. 5, 2024 (TUE) – Apr. 7, 2024 (SUN)
- Time(TUE–SUN) 10:00–18:00
(WED, SAT) 10:00–20:00
* Closed every Monday - PlaceACC Creation Space 5
- Age LimitAll ages
- Price Free
- TicketNonguided exhibition
- ContactNational Gugak Center +82 2-580-3375
National Asian Culture Center +82 1899-5566 - Hosted byNational Gugak Center and National Asian Culture Center
Introduction
The National Gugak Center houses approximately 260 pieces of phonograph records, which have been rarely used in research activities or exhibitions. Given their rarity and the complexity of playing them, these phonographs have drawn little attention, until now. This exhibition revives these dormant phonograph records from museum storage, inviting visitors to experience their sounds.
Gramophones, introduced shortly after 1900 and reaching their zenith with the advent of electrical recording in the 1920s, revolutioned the sound industry. Electrical recording, introduced by a Japanese record company in 1927, spurred a boom in the record industry. In the 1930s, known as the golden age of gramophone, saw millions of records flood the market, including hit albums selling over 10,000 copies and traditional Korean music, such as Gyeongsang-do provincial folk music, pansori of Lee Hwa-Jung-Seon and Lim Bang-ul, and new folk music. The National Gugak Center this exhibition that features about 30 phonograph records from the 1920s and 1930s, including lesser-known and popular records by musical masters and singers of the era.
The exhibition showcases National Gugak Center’s old phonograph records collection, including the first record of the Joseon Dynasty’s court music, a complete collection of the most popular Korean operas and popular singers, among others. It aims to introduce significant records to the public and share the songs and music preserved within them.
Through these valuable records, which include the first recordings of Korean traditional music, we invite you to listen carefully to and appreciate the essence of the people and the age of Korean sounds.
- 1First Records of Sounds : Gramophone and phonograph records
- 2The Most Valuable : “Joseon Aak,” “Aak Jeongsu,” “Joseon’s court music records”
- 3The Most Popular : Popular love song “Chunhyangjeon”
- 4The Star Singers: From Lee Dong-baek to Kim So-hee
- Period
- Mar. 5, 2024 (TUE) – Apr. 7, 2024 (SUN) | 30 days
* Closed on Mondays, extended hours on Wednesdays and Saturdays until 20:00 - Venue
- Space 5, ACC Creation, National Asian Culture Center
- Hosted by
- National Gugak Center and National Asian Culture Center
- Inquiries
- National Gugak Center +82 2-580-3375, National Asian Culture Center +82 1899-5566
※ Ticket sales open on Mar. 13 (WED) 19:00 | Pansori “Simcheongga,” “Simbongsa Opening His Eyes” | Sori by Ju So-yeon | Drum by Park Byeong-jun |
※ Ticket sales open on Mar. 20 (WED) 19:00 | Pansori “Heungbuga,” “Heungbu’s Begging” | Sori by Kim Myeong-nam | Drum by Park Byeong-jun |
※ Ticket sales open on Mar. 27 (WED) 19:00 | Gayageum Vocal “Heungbuga,” “The Swallow’s Journey” | Vocals by Ha Seon-yeong | Drum by Park Byeong-jun |
※ Ticket sales open on Apr. 3 (WED) 19:00 | Pansori “Chunhyangga,” “The Song of Goodbye” | Sori by Heo Ae-seon | Drum by Park Byeong-jun |
Place Info.
ACC Creation, ACC Creation Space 5
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