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The second half of the 19th century is called the second term of 8 noted singers. 8 noted singers who worked in this period are Yoo-Jeon Park, Man-Soon Park, Nal-Chi Lee, Se-Jong Kim, Woo-Ryong Song, Chang-Eob Jeong, Choon-Poong Jeong, Chang-Nok Kim, Ja-Baek Jang, Chan-Eob Kim and Chang-Yoon Lee.
The 8 singers in the second term succeeded to the music of the 8 noted singers in the first term, and developed various Deoneums. The 8 singers in the first term made various folk melodies into Pansori and developed various forms of melodies, but the 8 singers in the second term improved the melodies developed by the singers in the first term, and finally made beautiful Deoneums that would remain long in the history of Pansori.
The characteristics of Pansori in this age can be summarized as follows:
Fist, Pansori penetrated into the Royal Court so it became so common that the noblemen enjoyed Pansori. Through active participation of the noblemen, Pansori made big development in terms of story, music, and stage expression, but it saw reality from the viewpoint of common people and pursued anti-medieval art so it had to let the social problems modified quite much and in addition, it had to willingly submit to intervention of feudal consciousness for a while. Consequently, the transmitted 5 Batangs had to go through changes and the 7 Batangs had to disappear.
The person who had great influence on Pansori in this period is Jae-Hyo Shin living in Gochang. He, who came from the middle class, got numerous singers together in his detached house and educated them. Besides, he participated in putting the stories of Pansori in order or adapting, the results of which are a story collection of 6 Pansori Batangs and 14 pieces of creative Danga. Jae-Hyo Shin attempted to adapt Pansori, using the noblemen’s sense of aesthetics as medium, and in relation to Jae-Hyo Shin’s accomplishments, many people pointed out negative aspects.
The second characteristic is appearance of Pansori with common people-oriented emotions that is symbolized as establishment of Seopyeonje. In consideration of the above characteristics, it should be emphasized that Pansori in the second term of 8 noted singers approached the noblemen’s sense of aesthetics, but aimed at common people’s emotions.