Short Hair
Composer: Jean Ahn
Publisher: Individual
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From the composer:
"This piece is about the New Women's movement in Korea in the 1930s. These women not only protested the Confucius tradition but actively participated in the liberation of Korea from Japan. While researching the history, I felt inadequate to write about these women. In the end, I allowed myself to write this piece as an entrance to their world, as an introduction to myself. The first movement, “High Heels with Short Hair” is a quotation from the headlines of the newspaper. The most startling thing must have been the short hair, the outward signs of change. I then chose three distinctive women and wrote each movement about their character. Maria Kim, a religious educator who fought for the independence of Korea. Seunghee Choi, the international star dancer whose life was marked by the political tumult of her time. Myungsun Kim, one of the first female poets who was not afraid to write about her own agonizing experience as a woman. I named the last movement, OPEN, to remind myself that there are many more important, forgotten women. The piece does not have a conclusion. It merely opened the history of the New Women…." -
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Pages: 9
Pages (score): 26
Publisher Code: JASHORTHAIR
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Length: 27.9 cm
Width: 21.6 cm
Thickness: cm
Weight: 0 g
