Abstract

The purpose of this study was to consider court musical bands (宫廷樂隊) in the Mongol(Yuan)empire. It is what interpreted a piece of music that is accompanied with Muscal performance procedures in Akeumwangdae (樂音王隊), Suseongdae (壽星隊), Yeakdae (禮樂隊), Seolbeopdae (說法隊), which are four court ‘musical bands’ (宮廷樂隊) of having been recorded in 『Yuan-shi(元史)』 「Liyuezhi(禮樂志)」.
 In terms of 4 musical bands in the Mongol (Yuan) empire, first, Muscal performance procedures seems to having succeeded in the archetype of the previous generation, but has a difference in which a variety of mask dances appear such as ‘Mask dance with red hair and blue face (紅發青面具舞).’ Second, it is composed of Gochwiakgi (鼓吹樂器, wind and percussion instruments) in percussion instruments and wind instruments. There are diverse percussion instruments, which have been unable to be seen in the last period, such as Chalgo (札鼓) or Hwago (和鼓). Third, a musical piece has the mainstream as Sanqu (散曲), which appeared in the Yuan dynasty(元代) of being interrelated even with Yuanqu (元曲). There are also a few musical pieces that were accepted from abroad along with Buddhist culture.
 Considering the record in 『Yuan-shi (元史)』 「Liyuezhi (禮樂志)」, four musical bands in the Mongol (Yuan) empire have new court music in the Mongol (Yuan) empire by which Buddhist music in Western Xia (西夏) or Xiyu (西域) was absorbed in the music culture of Mongolia race.

Full Text
Published version (Free)

Talk to us

Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have

Schedule a call