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Isang Yun – Rjoksa (History)
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South Korea (1917 – 1995)
Isang Yun (윤이상, born September 17, 1917 in Chungmu South Korea; died November 3, 1995 in Berlin) was a Korean-German composer. Yun’s primary musical concern was the development of Korean music through Western musical means. After experimenting with 12-tone techniques during his studies at Darmstadt, Yun developed his own musical personality in his works of the early 1960s. Yun’s music employed techniques associated with traditional Korean music, such as glissandi, pizzicati and vibrati. Also central to his style was the presence of multiple-melodic lines, which Yun called Haupttöne (“principal” or “main tones”).
Yun began writing music at the age of 14, and began formally studying music two years later at the Osaka Conservatory, before taking composition classes under Tomojiro Ikenouchi in Tokyo from 1938. After Japan entered World War II, he moved back to Korea and participated in the Korean independence movement. He was captured and imprisoned by the Japanese in 1943.
After the war, he did welfare work, establishing an orphanage for war orphans, and teaching music in Tongyeong and Busan. After the armistice ceasing hostilities in the Korean War in 1953, he began teaching at the Seoul National University. He received the Seoul City Culture Award in 1955, and traveled to Europe the following year to finish his musical studies.
In Paris and West Berlin, he studied contemporary music under Pierre Revel, Boris Blacher, Josef Rufer, and Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling.
Yun began writing music at the age of 14, and began formally studying music two years later at the Osaka Conservatory, before taking composition classes under Tomojiro Ikenouchi in Tokyo from 1938. After Japan entered World War II, he moved back to Korea and participated in the Korean independence movement. He was captured and imprisoned by the Japanese in 1943.
After the war, he did welfare work, establishing an orphanage for war orphans, and teaching music in Tongyeong and Busan. After the armistice ceasing hostilities in the Korean War in 1953, he began teaching at the Seoul National University. He received the Seoul City Culture Award in 1955, and traveled to Europe the following year to finish his musical studies.
In Paris and West Berlin, he studied contemporary music under Pierre Revel, Boris Blacher, Josef Rufer, and Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling.
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Yun: My Land, My People! / Exemplum in Memoriam Kwangju
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Yun, I.: Chamber Music - Novelette / Piano Trio / Duo for Cello and Harp / Violin…
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ISANG YUN: Chamber Symphony I / Loyang for Chamber Ensemble
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Yun, I.: Reak / Cello Concerto / Harmonia (10Th Century Portraits)
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alanlechusza
I have only recently came across Yun's music and found it incredible! I have to hear more.
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rm508
Big fan of the chamber music.
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insomniacme
yeah great symphonies
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