ByongWon Lee
Professional Services

Publication

Books

2014
Co-authored with Im Janghyeok, Kim Jongdae, Pak Hwanyeong, Yi Seungsu and Yoo Mihi . 해외 전승 무형문화유산 실태조사연구Haewae jeonseung muhyeong munhwa yusan siltae josa yeongu (Investigation of the Intangible [Korean] Cultural Heritage Transmitted in the U.S. West Coast Area). Jeonju: Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sports’ Cultural Heritage Administration. 502 pages. A report resulted from the field research conducted by a team for the survey of the current state of the U.S. West Coast (Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Seattle and Honolulu).
2007
Co-edited with Yongshik Lee. Music of Korea. Seoul: National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts.
2003
Co-authored with Steve Nelson. Buddhist Ritual Chant from Korea and Japan. New York: Japan Society.
1997
Styles and Esthetics in Korean Traditional Music. Seoul: National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts of the Republic of Korea Ministry of Culture. With an  accompanying CD.
1997
Co-authored with Yun Chaegon, Pak Sangch'on, Kim  Unghwan and Pak Yongho. 북한의 공연예술단체 운영체계 및 프로그램 분석 연구[Analysis of the Operational System and the Programs of the State Performing Arts Troupes of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea]. Seoul: Republic of Korea Ministry of Culture and Sports.
1987
Buddhist Music of Korea. Seoul: Korean National Commission for UNESCO. 147p.

Chapters in Book

2013
“The Change of Arirang Symbolism in the United States of American: A Brief Personal Perspective,” Arirang in Korean Culture and Beyond: Arirang from Diverse Perspectives edited by Sheen Dae-Cheol. Seongnam: Academy of Korean Studies. 249-256.
2012
“Korean Traditional Music: A Bird’s-Eye View,” Rediscovering Traditional Korean Performing Arts, co-edited by Haekyung Um and Hyunjoo Lee. Seoul: Korean Arts Management Service. 18-24.
2007
“Introduction,” in Music of Korea, edited by Byong Won Lee and Yong-Shik Lee. Seoul: National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts. 1-3. “History,” in Music of Korea, edited by Byong Won Lee and Yong-Shik Lee. Seoul: National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts. 5-11. “Religious Music: Buddhism” in Music of Korea, edited by Byong Won Lee and Yong-Shik Lee. Seoul: National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts. 145-157.

Dictionary Entry

2002
"Buddhist Music," The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music, vol. 7 (East Asia: China, Japan, and Korea). New York: Routledge. 871-874.
2002
“Music - Korea,” Encyclopedia of Modern Asia. Levinson, David and Karen Christensen,  editors. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Vol. 4:231-232.
1980
“Korea,” The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 6th edition. London: Macmillan. Vol. 10: 192-208.

Book Reviews

1981
Source Readings in Korean Music by  Song Bang-song (Seoul: Korean Nat'l  Commission for Unesco, l981) in  Revue de Coree 13(3):92-93.
1978
Survey of Korean Arts: Traditional Music (Seoul: Korea National Academy of Arts, 1974) in Asian Music 9(2):59-64.

Misc.

2014
Report on the Investigation on the Status of the Korean Intangible Cultural Heritages Abroad (U.S. West Coast and Hawaii). Joint field survey with 4 other scholars.
1999
Production advisor and musical producer for the CD-ROM entitled Korea: A Cultural Bouquet produced by the Innovative Design of Samsung,  Seoul, Korea
1998
Music selection and liner notes for E. Tamura, L. Menton, N. Lush, F. Tsui and W. Cohen, China: Understanding Its Past. Honolulu: Curriculum Research & Development Group of the Univ. of Hawai'i and University of Hawai'i Press.
1983
Translation of the record note brochure for LP record Yongsan hoesang [The Volture Peak Assembly], produced by the Songum Record (SEL-100 122), 45-50.  Asian Dance and Drama (Volume III: East Asia), a slide library developed by VRI and the Asia Society. Co-authored the Korean portion with Sun Ock Lee. Contributed 80 slides, the manuscript of the introduction section to Korean dance, and approximately half of the captions.
1976
Mask Dance-Drama of Korea, film strip with audio tape, commissioned by the Asia Society's Performing Arts Program and the University of Hawaii College of Continuing Education and Community Services.
1966
Record notes for LP record Musique bouddhique de coree (Vogue LVLX-253), a collection of Musee de l'Homme. 6 pp.