Abstract

This study is the result of revealing that the movement <Jeongse(靖世)> of the Joseon Dynasty is musically related to <Yasimsa(夜深詞)>, which has been handed down since the Goryeo Dynasty, and examining the significance of the connection and the transmission process of <Yasimsa>.
 <Jeongse> is a movement in the early Joseon Dynasty that is included in 『Sejongsillokakbo(世宗實錄樂譜)』 and is played in Aheon(亞獻) and Jongheon(終獻)'s Heonrye(獻禮) among the current jongmyo jeryeak. <Yasimsa> was created during the Goryeo Dynasty, and some of the lyrics and scores are delivered in 『Siyonghyangakbo(時用鄕樂譜)』 In this paper, we focused on the relationship between these two songs.
 Through the 1980s, interest in the musical relationship between the movement of the Joseon Dynasty and Goryeo song emerged in the Korean traditional music and Korean literature circles. The study of this relevance greatly helps to grasp the music organization habits, characteristics, and the history of our music at that time. There have been no reports of music related to <Jeongse>, and while reviewing the movements of the early Joseon Dynasty, this paper confirmed that it shares a considerable melody with <Yasimsa>, a song from the Goryeo Dynasty.
 <Yasimsa> is a song composed of 10 lines, and <Jeongse> is composed of 12 lines.
 Except for lines 6, 7, and 8 of the melodies of <Jeongse>, all traces of extracting the melody of <Yasimsa> as it is or using decoration were confirmed. This melodic similarity suggests that the two songs have a strong affinity.
 In addition, we looked at the pattern in which the melody of <Yasimsa> has been passed down through <Jeongse> to <Boye(保乂)> and <Jipnyeong(輯寧)>. At the beginning of <Boye> followed the melody of <Jeongse> and pursued some changes by adding decorations, but in the second half, a new melody was introduced to pursue many changes. And since <Boye> is a change of the name of <Jipnyeong>, the two songs are very similar. The melody of <Boye>, a total of five lines, was borrowed from <Jipnyeong> and the only difference is the end of the song. This follows the final method of the music included in the 『Sejongsillokakbo』. In summary, <Yasimsa> directly affected the melody of <Jeongse>, and the melody of <Jeongse> influenced <Boye> and <Jipnyeong> and has been passed down to the present.
 As such, the movement of the Joseon Dynasty has a strong connection with the songs of the Goryeo Dynasty. As confirmed in this paper, some of the movements of the early Joseon Dynasty were adapted from Goryeo songs, and in this study, a melodic connection between <Jeongse> and <Yasimsa> was found, adding another example of the musical connection between the Goryeo Dynasty and the Joseon Dynasty.

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