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Parts & Videos
Parts:
(Cello 1 || Cello 2 || Cello 3 || Cello 4 || Score)
Reference videos:
1. Video 1: from 2017 performance of the Korean folk song, Arirang.
2. Video 2: from the closing ceremony of the 2014 Sochi Paralympics. This is a variation on the folk song, Arirang. Cello 1 & Cello 2 should try to imitate the voice of the singer, Song So Hee, as much as possible.
3. Video 3: This is a video of me playing the entire arrangement.
EXTRA FILES:
Cello 5a (Arirang melody only)
Cello 5b (simplified melody)
Melody only (This takes the melodies from my arrangement and puts them into one part.)
Translation
My father helped me to translate the lyrics of Arirang. I did this mostly for me, but I thought some of you might be interested in what he had to say:
There are many versions (some say 6) and about 36,000 variations of Arirang. The version I know is probably Kyunggi Version or Seoul Version.
Arirang is a Korean Intangible Cultural Heritage and was successfully submitted as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage twice, in 2012 by South Korea and 2014 by North Korea. It represents love, separation, and deep sorrow with accumulated anger (한)*. The one below should be close to the UNESCO version, but I am not sure. Arirang is normally accompanied by music and instrument accompaniment.
(Refrain)
아리랑, 아리랑, 아라리요
아리랑 고개를 넘어간다
Arirang, arirang, ararıyo. (Non-sensical, no precise meaning)
(You are) Going over Arirang Hill (pass).
(Main)
나를 버리고 가시는 님은
십리도 못가서 발병난다
My lover (heart, dear) who is leaving me (if you abandon me)
Won’t be able to go 10 li (3.1 miles) before you get sore feet.
(Refrain)
(Second)
청천 하늘엔 별들도 (잔별도) 많고
우리네 살림살이 (가슴엔) 한 (희망)도 많다.
Just as many stars (some version: small stars) in the blue sky.
Our lives 살림살이 (some version: 가슴 heart) have many 한’s. (Some version: hope 희망)
*한: very difficult to translate. Deep sorrow with accumulated anger, regret, resentment.