this is a presentation about Korean famous Pansori Music and its relation with the famous story of Chunhyangjeon.

1. Pansori
판소리
“a vocal genre of traditional music that has stirred the soul of Koreans for ages”

2. Pansori is a combination of two words pan (판) a
place where people gather and sori (소리) has
multiple meanings it could mean sound or singing
voice and a song.
is a genre of indigenous
traditional music that has stirred
the hearts of Koreans for ages
with its passionate, mournful
sounds.
In a pansori performance, the
singer recites a long narrative
(saseol) to the rhythm of a drum,
while combining it with singing
(chang), recitatives (aniri) and
bodily gestures (balim or
neoreumsae).
판소리
Pansori
WHAT
IS?

3. It has multiple identities.
If the focus is on the song, it is music.
If the focus is on the arrangement of words, it is literature.
If the focus is on theatrical factors, it is a composite art form that falls
under the category of drama.
which makes it a compound art form.
So, what is pansori?

4. In the late 20th century, the
sorrowful "Western style" of pansori overtook
the vigorous "Eastern style" of pansori, and
pansori began being called the "sound of han".
All surviving pansori epics end happily, but
contemporary pansori focuses on the trials and
tribulations of the characters, commonly
without reaching the happy ending because of
the contemporary popularity of excerpt
performances.
Chan E. Park brings pansori singing to Around the
World Music Series in Kent

5. Pansori has been designated as
Korea's National Intangible Cultural
Heritage No. 5 since 1964. On
November 7, 2003, pansori was
registered as the UNESCO's
Masterpiece of the Oral and
Intangible Heritage of Humanity of
Korea.

6. It is not known exactly when, how, or
by whom pansori began to be
performed because the musical
tradition originated from folk tales
that had been passed on orally.
The stories, most of which were very
long and were often told in song
form, eventually evolved into
narrative songs (chang).
Origin

7. However, some believe that pansori has about 300 years of history due to the fact
that the lyrics of “The Song of Chunhyang”, were translated into a poem in
classical Chinese and are contained in the Collected Works of Manhwa (Manhwa
jip), written by a man named Yu Jin-han in the mid-17th century, during the reign
of King Yeongjo of the Joseon Dynasty.
춘향

8. 1.Sorikkun
2.Gosu
3.Audience
There are three key elements
in pansori performance:
Pansori
performance

9. A Sorikkun singer delivers stories through
songs dialogue and narration.
It uses various gestures using a fan on one
hand.
Throughout the performance will use
variety of voice tones, vocal techniques,
musical modes, rhythms, and gestures to
continually shift roles in perspective
between that of a storyteller and characters
that are featured in the story.
Pansori could be performed by a segment
or a full story.
For example: to sing the full version for
instance Chunhyang-ga takes five to eight
hours to fully perform. In order to earn the
strength of vocal cords that can resist hours
of singing needs decades of practice and
intense training.
Sorikkun
(소리꾼):
singer
Ahn
Sook-Sun:
Pansori
Concert

10. The drum player with buk; barrel
drum, accompanied singer by
playing Jangdan.
Jangdan (장단) is a rhythmic cycle
that is based on set of rhythms.
While playing Gosu makes trims which is calls of
encouragement at appropriate moments or phrase
endings:
1. expressions such as: “eolssigu! jota! jalhanda!
gurochi! are commonly used for chuimsae
(추임새).
The use of chuimsae should be compatible with the
melodic phrase and dramatic situation for instance.
2. if it's a scene where two lovers finally unite Gosu
will shout out “eolssiu! jota!”- 얼씨우! 조금!
The role of Gosu is so important that it could even
boost up the quality and the potential of Sorikkun’s
performance.
Gosu:
drummer Pansori master Ahn
Sook-seon practices at
a stage in her house in
Segok-dong, Seoul.

12. Audience is considered one of the key
elements in pansori performance, because it's
the audience who are there to support and
enjoy that makes this art form come alive. so, if
you ever get to see a live pansori performance
you were always welcome to give Chuimsae.
Audience
…

13. Bibliography
Park, Wijin, director. What Is PANSORI? | Korean Traditional Music 101 영어 판소리. YouTube, The Korean
Cultural Center Los Angeles, 9 June 2021, https://youtu.be/JbalRp9yLpM. Accessed 27 Mar. 2023.
“The Pansori Epic Chants.” Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity | Cultural Heritage Administration,
https://english.cha.go.kr/cop/bbs/selectBoardArticle.do?ctgryLrcls=CTGRY210&nttId=58042&bbsId=BBSMSTR
_1205&mn=EN_03_02.
Hoffman, Jarrett. “Chan E. Park Brings Pansori Singing to around the World Music Series in Kent.” Cleveland
Classical, 11 Mar. 2019, https://clevelandclassical.com/chan-e-park-brings-pansori-singing-to-around-the-world-
music-series-in-kent/.
“Ahn Sook-Sun: Pansori Concert.” KCCUK, 30 Mar. 2023, https://kccuk.org.uk/en/programmes/k-music-
festival/k-music-festival-ahn-sook-sun-pansori-concert/.