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Author: Simon Mills

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Selected publications

  • Healing Rhythms: The World of South Korea’s East Coast Hereditary Shamans, Ashgate 2007

From Local Monsters to BEAST: 1500 years of Korean music and dance at SOAS

posted 17 Apr 20123 Apr 2021 updated 3 Apr 2021 by Philip Gowman 4 minute read
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Last weekend’s free seminar at SOAS ranged from Silla dynasty lion dances to last month’s tour of Taiwan by BEAST, and from ancient Confucian ceremonial music to Samulnori and hip-hop via Trot. Juhae Gu introduced us to the dying musical form of Akkeuk (악극) – a form of stage musical using Trot music. It is […]

Exploring Korean Music Old and New – Tradition and creativity

event date Fri 24 Feb 2006 posted 28 Feb 20063 Apr 2021
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SOAS, 24 February 2006 Many thanks to Dr Keith Howard of SOAS for putting together a fascinating half-day colloquium on Korean music. Presentations were as follows: Simon Mills’s (SOAS) subject was the rhythmic drum patterns (Changdan) used in shamanistic ritual on the East coast of Korea. He focused on the startling digressions (Tokkaebbi changdan) which […]

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