• Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
• /
• v.14 no.7
• /
• pp.251-262
• /
• 2020

The purpose of this study is to analyze musical styles emerging in modern musical history from the perspective of integration and deconstruction, and to academically investigate the characteristics contained in each style. The style of musicals can be divided into periods of non-integrity, integration, deconstruction, and convergence. The rise of musical styles and the associated meanings can be studied from the perspective of modernism and postmodernism. In modernism, the energies of 'integration' and 'concentration' form the major trend while in early postmodernism, the powers of 'deconstruction' and 'dispersion' play the main role. Late postmodernism is a dialectic result of both trends in which the philosophy of 'convergence' and 'harmony' operates as the main theme. The principle of integration and deconstruction, which forms the base of musical creation, emerged after the development of the unstable style of non-integrity in the early days of musical. Later, with the advent of Rogers and Hammerstein II, the principle of integration was established for book musicals, emphasizing the linearity of drama, and the principle of deconstruction was born for concept musicals to contain new contents. The 'convergence' found in later musical works turn the theme from non-integrity to integration, and from deconstruction to integration again, which indicates that integration is embracing the concept of deconstruction again in a more advanced sense. Such convergent compromise that constantly influences each other and develops in a better direction can contribute to the development of musical styles.

• Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
• /
• v.13 no.7
• /
• pp.15-23
• /
• 2019

This paper aims to identify the characteristics implied in the process of change of Stephen Sondheim's musical style and to derive the structural communication tools that connect the creator and audience and the implications. The strategies that appear in Sondheim's musical works are the following. First, Sondheim's early musical works follow the principles of book musical and emphasize the integration faithful to the basic elements such as the rhythm and meaning of the lyrics. Second, in the era of early postmodernism, Sondheim attempts the principle of extreme deconstruction through the concept musical Company and pursues rational thought through fragmented dramatic flow. Third, while maintaining dramatic linearity to overcome the lack of immersion caused by extreme deconstruction, Sondheim realizes a more elaborate and formalized fusion style of the principles of integration and deconstruction through the choruses and the songs of the characters in Little Night Music and Sweeney Todd. Finally, Sondheim attempts multiple experiments to break down the boundaries of act and scene and to express new subject matters through his works such as Sunday Park with George and Into the Woods. In conclusion, Sondheim's fusion experiments and strategies are the process of finding a framework and a medium of communication to induce dramatic immersion of audience and at the same time create rational thinking about social problems to deliver the message of the creative work with the leading aesthetics of the modern musical's box-office success.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
• /
• 2012.05a
• /
• pp.225-226
• /
• 2012

산수실경 뮤지컬 왕의 나라는 지역문화콘텐츠 경쟁력과 가능성 확보를 위한 문화콘텐츠 제작사업이다. 기존 문화자원 재생(Regeneration)을 통한 장소성 콘텐츠 제작에 따른 일자리 창출과 문화산업화를 위하여 지역모델사업으로 기획되었다. 있는 이야기, 있는 사람으로 제작된 왕의 나라 공연결과는 약 300여명의 문화적 일자리 창출과 지역경제 활성화, 48,000명의 관람객 등 지역문화콘텐츠의 가능성을 엿 본 작품이다. 향후 역사, 인물, 스토리를 중심으로 한 산수실경 뮤지컬 왕의 나라는 문화관광산업 발전에 기여하는 경상북도 대표 문화콘텐츠 아이콘이 되고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
• /
• 2012.05a
• /
• pp.299-300
• /
• 2012

최근 지역에서 문화소비가 아닌 문화생산적인 마인드로 지역단위로 문화콘텐츠가 제작되고 있다. 문화콘텐츠는 지역민들에게 자부심과 정체성을 심어주고 문화소비를 촉진시키고 있다. 경상북도 안동시는 2009년부터 사모, 락, 부용지애, 왕의 나라 등 실경 콘텐츠가 실제 제작 및 운영이 되면서 도시 브랜드화와 관광수입을 통한 지역문화산업이 두각을 나타내고 있다. 이를 통해 실경공연이 주는 파급효과와 한계점을 분석하고 차후 발전 전략을 알아보고자 한다.