Question

Entering the nineteenth century, in order to adjust to the rising expectations of patrons and audiences, P'ansori singers had to:

Options:
a) Escape Neo-Confucian persecution of performance and performing arts
b) Embrace musical trends entering en masse from the West
c) Go back to the P'ansori humble marketplace storytelling origins
d) Revise the existing P'ansori narratives to be worthy of the newfound venues

Answer 1

P'ansori singers adjusted to rising expectations by revising existing narratives to fit new, more formal venues in the 19th century, following a broader trend of performance arts adapting to societal changes and audience tastes.

Step-by-step explanation:

Entering the nineteenth century, P'ansori singers had to revise the existing P'ansori narratives to be worthy of the newfound venues, in order to adjust to the rising expectations of patrons and audiences. This period saw many traditions in the performing arts undergo changes to align with contemporary tastes and cultural shifts. P'ansori, a Korean genre of musical storytelling, needed to adapt to more formalized settings from its more humble origins, illustrating the universal trend of performance art forms evolving in response to societal changes and audience expectations.

While embracing Western musical trends and escaping persecution were indeed issues for various performing arts during the 18th and 19th centuries, the adaptation of P'ansori was more focused on refining and enhancing its existing structures to satisfy changing public demand and to prosper in more prestigious contexts than the marketplace origins from which it came.