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A folk song from this ethnic group uses a compound triple meter called semachi and inspired a set of variations for band by John Barnes Chance. A conductor of this ethnicity will succeed (20[1])Riccardo Chailly ("sha-YEE") as La Scala's music director. A (0[1])composer of (0[1])this (20[1])ethnicity wrote the opera Alice in Wonderland (20[1])and a cello concerto whose first movement (0[1])"Aniri" imitates (0[1])pansori music. The lyrics to a folk song from this ethnicity begin with the title nonsense (0[1])word and the word (*) "arariyo." (10[1])Nationalists of this ethnicity often use its folk song "Arirang" (10[6])to (10[1])promote unity (10[4])between two (0[1])countries. (0[1])For 10 points, (10[1])Unsuk Chin (10[2]0[1])and Myung-Whun (10[2])Chung (10[5]0[1])are (10[1])members (10[1])of what ethnicity (10[1])whose music notation (10[1])was standardized (10[1])under Sejong (10[2])the Great? ■END■ (10[10])

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