a-ak
Sign in to saveAak (; ) is a genre of Korean court music. It is an imported form of the Chinese court music yayue, and means "elegant music". Aak was performed almost exclusively in state sacrificial rites, and in the present day it is performed in certain Confucian ceremonies.
Key facts
- Korean name/auto.hangul
- 아악
- Korean name/auto.hanja
- 雅樂
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- Instance of
- music genre
- Subclass of
- Korean court music
- Country of origin
- Goryeo
- Image
- Jongmyo DSC 6892.jpg
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- inception
- 1116-00-00
- different from
- aak
- native label
- 아악
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