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MUSIC FROM KOREA

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

The first of two talks by JOHN LEVY
1 : Confucian, Buddhist, and Court music
Chinese culture first came to Korea long before the Christian era. Buddhism in the fourth century A.D., and even today there are many survivals of Chinese music and musical instruments from the Tang and Sung dynasties. But there is also a characteristic Korean music. In this illustrated programme John Levy introduces examples of both.
* Second broadcast

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John Levy
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John Levy
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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