Impact and significance of Nongak(農樂) education in Agricultural High School since 1950 on the modern Korean Nongak History

1950년대 중반 이후 농림/농업고등학교에서의 농악(農樂) 교육이 한국농악 현대사에 끼친 영향과 의의

Agricultural high schools are undergoing a change their name from the mid-1950s to the 2000s. Although it varies slightly depending on the case, it has been changed from 'rural forests' to 'agricultural farms' or 'agricultural industries' and 'life sciences high schools' in turn. In several aricultural high schools had managed Nongak Department(class), it's guarantees the continuity of Korea's traditional folk art. Examples include entertainment and farming in Honam region of Jeonju aricultural high School in North Jeolla Province, Geumsan aricultural high School in South Chungcheong Province, Gimcheon aricultural high School in North Gyeongsang Province. Therefore, the interpretation and significance of studies should follow. This method of Nongak education in modern school institutions is a new phenomenon in the history of Nongak after modern time, the emergence of a whole new pattern of professional entertainment Nongak after paving and Female-Nongak, as well as local traditional folk music. Education here was conducted in such a way that the best performers of the time were invited as guidance teachers among traditional folk artists. Thus, various local and professional music and entertainment were able to be promoted Apart from the social relations of delay, social progress, and economy, the education of farming and music, which consists of teachers and students in public schools, has provided an environment where unlimited freedom is allowed for art forms. In other words, the conditions for a new performance style experiment and creative fusion were met, and the foundation for the development of professional musical performers who had acquired individualized talents from previous generations was laid down in the context of the phenomenon of active stage music and theater performance of outstanding in the culture of Nongak. In other words, the Department of Agriculture and aricultural high school was a very free space compared to other communities' and economic community's agricultural music in social relationships bound by traditional cultural customs. This is why they have created a new style of performance through a new experiment and a different traditional performance repertoire, and their activities have led to a more stylistic expansion from traditional farming. More importantly, the figures who came across Agricultural Nongak department became the main experts of traditional Korean folk music nowdays. Thus, Nongak Department, operated by the Agriculture and Forestry High School, was a space where would give a very important meaning in terms of Nongak history.

해방이후 국가적 초기화 상황과 다를 바 없는 국면에서, '민족주의'는 정부에 의해 혼돈과 분열의 상황을 극복하고 사회적 결속력을 높이기 위한 이념적 도구로 선택되었고, 많은 전통예술 그 중에서도 '민속예술'이 '민족예술의 정수'로 상징화되었다. 이와 함께 농악, 민요, 민속놀이, 무용 등과 같은 기층의 예술양식들이 이전의 지역 공동체사회보다 더 확장된 사회-국가로 불려나오게 되고, 그에 부응한 여러 사회문화적 현상이 잇따르게 되는데, 그 영향이 학교 교육의 범주에서도 발견된다 학교 안에서의 국악-민속예술 교육이 촉발되어 농악을 비롯하여 민속무용, 민속음악 등이 전문예술인들의 지도 하에 교내 학생들을 대상으로 전수되게 된다. 그로 인해 전문 민속예술인 양성을 목적으로 한 마땅한 교육기관이 극소수에 불과했던 당대에 농악인재를 양성하는 역할을 대행하는 결과를 낳았다. 이런 현상은 일반 인문계 고등학교보다 실업목적형 학교인 농림고/농업고에서 두드러진다. 그리고 그 교육성과는 당대를 넘어서 현재의 농악 전승 현장까지 연결되어 있으며, 각별히 한국 근현대농악사에 여러 유의미한 사실들을 낳았다. 본 글은 세 지역 농림고/농업고의 농악부 운영 실례를 통시적으로 살펴보고, 그것이 현재의 한국 농악 전승 국면과 어떤 사실관계에 있으며, 그에 대한 농악사적 의의와 시사점을 규명한다.