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pansori

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[pahn-sawr-ee] / ˈpɑnˌsɔr i /

noun

  1. a traditional type of Korean narrative song performed by a solo vocalist and a drummer.


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The production, conceived and directed by Ong Keng Sen, uses pansori — an ancient Korean musical storytelling style — along with K-pop to deliver the ancient Greek tragedy about the costs of war.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2022

The production, performed in Korean with English subtitles, fuses the traditional Korean musical storytelling form of pansori with K-pop music.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2022

The Korean opera form of the changgeuk incorporates the pansori style of singing.

From The Guardian • May 16, 2018

There are only five surviving full-length pansori pieces in existence, and seven fragments.

From The Guardian • May 16, 2018

The pansori trio, taking liberties with traditional Korean music, featured a coloratura who punctuated her near-ultrasonic runs with the intermittent odd directives “play and run around” and “come on and get it — throw.”

From New York Times • May 27, 2011