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Review of Korean Musical Drama: P'ansori and the Making of Tradition in Modernity. Haekyung Um. 2013. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing. SOAS Musicology Series. Republished by Routledge in 2016. xviii, 254 pp., black-and-white photographs, figures, illustrations, musical examples, glossary, notes, bibliography, selected discography, filmography, and list of compositions, index. Cloth, $160.00; paper, $57.95; e-book, $57.95. Korean P'ansori Singing Tradition: Development, Authenticity, and Performance History. Yeonok Jang. 2014. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. xxiii, 286 pp., figures, tables, musical examples, appendix, bibliography, discography, index. Cloth, $107.00; e-book, $101.50.
