Abstract: In the 1980s, Musicology was introduced to our culture and diverse academic societies and journals were emerged. In the 1990s, influenced by New musicology of abroad, research subjects and scope of Korean musicologist became also diverse and extended. In 2000s, academic societies are trying to look for the possibility of interdisciplinary research between independently developed academic fields in Korean Musicology. This paper deals with the problems and prospects on Korean musicology of Western music history and theory, pointed out in the critical reviews by Korean musicologists since 1980s. For this, all articles and essays dealing with the problems and prospects on Korean musicology are reviewed, which are written from 1984 to 2014 in the journals registered in Korean Research Foundation. Approached critically to previous scholastic results, it is revealed that, despite its recent invigorated appearance, there remains a few problems in Korean musicological academic field: The stagnant status of musicology as a discipline in most Korean universities, the un established identity of Korean musicology, and the absence of communication with the international research field are discussed.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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