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Also known as chŏngak, jeong-ak

Jeongak (lit. "proper music") is a classical genre of Korean traditional music, in contrast with minsogak or Korean traditional folk music. The genre has traditionally been associated with the nobility and upper classes.

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It is catalogued under the topic Korean styles of music.

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chŏngak
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Jeongak (lit. "proper music") is a classical genre of Korean traditional music, in contrast with minsogak or Korean traditional folk music. The genre has traditionally been associated with the nobility and upper classes.

The best known pieces of jeongak are Sujecheon and the suite entitled Yeongsan Hoesang (). Another commonly performed jeongak suite is called Cheonnyeonmanse ().

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “jeongak” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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