Gagok

{{Short description|Genre of Korean vocal music}}

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Gagok ({{Korean|hangul=가곡|hanja=歌曲}}) is a genre of Korean vocal music for mixed female and male voices.{{Citation |last=황 |first=준연 |title=가곡 (歌曲) |work=Encyclopedia of Korean Culture |url=https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0000037 |access-date=2024-06-18 |publisher=Academy of Korean Studies |language=ko}}

Accompaniments and interludes are played by a small ensemble of traditional Korean musical instruments.{{Cite web |title=UNESCO - Gagok, lyric song cycles accompanied by an orchestra |url=https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/gagok-lyric-song-cycles-accompanied-by-an-orchestra-00444 |access-date=2024-06-18 |website=ich.unesco.org |language=en}}

It is inscribed in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List from 2010, and enlisted as South Korean Intangible Cultural Property from 1969.{{Citation |last=이 |first=소라 |title=가곡 (歌曲) |work=Encyclopedia of Korean Culture |url=https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0000039 |access-date=2024-06-18 |publisher=Academy of Korean Studies |language=ko}}