''Jeongak'' (literally "proper music") is that category of

Korean music Korea refers to music from the Korean peninsula ranging from prehistoric times to the division of Korea into South and North in 1945. It includes court music, folk music, poetic songs, and religious music used in shamanistic and Buddhist traditi ...

which is considered classical, as distinct from ''

minsogak Sogak is an abbreviation of ''pungsogeumak'', which means music that expresses people's emotions. It represent one of the two categories of the traditional Korean court music from Joseon Dynasty. It includes genres such as hyangak, dangak and s ...

'' which is

folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...

. The category has traditionally been associated with the upper classes. The best known pieces of ''jeongak'' are ''

Sujecheon ''Sujecheon'' is a Korean court music composition in four movements dating to the mid-7th century Baekje era. It is the most representative piece in the ''jeongak'' repertoire. It is performed by an ensemble composed primarily of wind instruments, ...

'' and the suite entitled ''Yeongsan Hoesang'' (영산회상; 靈

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會相). Another commonly performed ''jeongak'' suite is called ''Cheonnyeonmanse'' (천년만세; 千年萬歲).

External links

Jeongak - Official Seoul City TourismTraditional Korean Music webpage
{{music-genre-stub Korean styles of music ko:한국 전통 음악#정악

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