{{Short description|Genre of Korean court music}} {{Italic title|reason=:Category:Korean words and phrases}} {{Infobox Korean name/auto |hangul=당악 |hanja=唐樂 }}

'''''Dangak''''' ({{Korean|hangul=당악}}) is a genre of traditional Korean court music. The name means "Tang music", and the style was first adapted from Tang Dynasty Chinese music during the Unified Silla period in the late first millennium. It was continued through the Goryeo (918–1392) and Joseon (1392–1910) dynasties, when, along with ''hyangak'' and ''aak'' it was one of the three approved genres of court music. ''Dangak'' performances were accompanied by Tang-style dances known as ''dangak jeongjae''.

Together with ''hyangak'', during the Joseon Dynasty ''dangak'' performances were the charge of the ''Jeonakseo'' ({{Korean|hangul=전악서|hanja=典樂署|labels=no}}; 1394–1457) and later of the Jangagwon ({{Korean|hangul=장악원|hanja=掌樂院|labels=no}}), the court office of music. Performers of ''hyangak'' and ''dangak'' were drawn from the lower classes, in contrast to performers of ''aak''.{{ref|class1}}

<!--this may be wrong, as the piece evolved during the Song Dynasty--> One of the most famous pieces in the ''dangak'' repertoire is called ''Nakyangchun'' ({{Korean|hangul=낙양춘|hanja=洛陽春|lit="Spring in Luoyang"|labels=no}}). The American composer Lou Harrison, who studied traditional music in South Korea in 1941, created an arrangement of this work. The Korean composer Isang Yun also composed a contemporary orchestral work entitled ''Loyang'', in 1962.

''Nakyangchun'' and a second piece, ''Boheoja'' ({{korean|hangul=보허자|hanja=步虛子|lit=Pacing the Void|labels=no}}), are the only surviving pieces of ''Dangak'' music.{{ref|class2}}

==See also== *Yayue *Aak *Hyangak *Korean culture *Korean music *List of musical genres *Tōgaku *Taoist music *Guoyue *Nhã nhạc

==References== #{{note|class1}} Song (1999), p.&nbsp;22. #{{note|class2}} {{cite web|url=http://www.ncktpa.go.kr/eng/aboutg/pdf/29.pdf|title=Data|website=www.ncktpa.go.kr|format=PDF|access-date=2007-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070621214050/http://www.ncktpa.go.kr/eng/aboutg/pdf/29.pdf|archive-date=2007-06-21|url-status=dead}}

===Bibliography=== *{{cite book|title=Korean music: Historical and other aspects|first=Bang-song|last=Song|isbn=89-88095-13-8|publisher=Jimoondang|location=Seoul|year=1999}}

==External links== *[http://tvpot.daum.net/clip/ClipView.do?clipid=1485743 Video of a performance of ''Nakyangchun''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726013056/http://tvpot.daum.net/clip/ClipView.do?clipid=1485743 |date=2011-07-26 }}

Category:Korean styles of music Category:Arts in Joseon Category:Korean court music

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