Andrew Killick is Senior Lecturer in ethnomusicology at the University of Sheffield, past co-editor of the journal Ethnomusicology Forum, and associate editor and substantial contributor to the East Asia volume of the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. His writings on Korean music have appeared in such journals as Ethnomusicology, Asian Music, and Korean Studies, and he also wrote the notes to Hwang Byungki's most recent CD at the composer's request.

• Contents: Preface; Introduction; Hwang Byungki as traditional musician: Kayagum Sanjo; Finding a voice: Hwang Byungki’s compositions of the 1960s; Buddhism, Taoism, and the meditative aesthetic; Broadening horizons: diversity of sound and unity of approach in Hwang Byungki’s compositions; North Korea, before and after: new developments in Hwang Byungki’s music since the 1980s; Conclusion: Hwang Byungki in the 21st century; Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography; Discography; Index.

Andrew Killick is Senior Lecturer in ethnomusicology at the University of Sheffield, past co-editor of the journal Ethnomusicology Forum, and associate editor and substantial contributor to the East Asia volume of the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. His writings on Korean music have appeared in such journals as Ethnomusicology, Asian Music, and Korean Studies, and he also wrote the notes to Hwang Byungki's most recent CD at the composer's request.

• Contents: Preface; Introduction; Hwang Byungki as traditional musician: Kayagum Sanjo; Finding a voice: Hwang Byungki’s compositions of the 1960s; Buddhism, Taoism, and the meditative aesthetic; Broadening horizons: diversity of sound and unity of approach in Hwang Byungki’s compositions; North Korea, before and after: new developments in Hwang Byungki’s music since the 1980s; Conclusion: Hwang Byungki in the 21st century; Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography; Discography; Index.

Andrew Killick is Senior Lecturer in ethnomusicology at the University of Sheffield, past co-editor of the journal Ethnomusicology Forum, and associate editor and substantial contributor to the East Asia volume of the Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. His writings on Korean music have appeared in such journals as Ethnomusicology, Asian Music, and Korean Studies, and he also wrote the notes to Hwang Byungki's most recent CD at the composer's request.

• Contents: Preface; Introduction; Hwang Byungki as traditional musician: Kayagum Sanjo; Finding a voice: Hwang Byungki’s compositions of the 1960s; Buddhism, Taoism, and the meditative aesthetic; Broadening horizons: diversity of sound and unity of approach in Hwang Byungki’s compositions; North Korea, before and after: new developments in Hwang Byungki’s music since the 1980s; Conclusion: Hwang Byungki in the 21st century; Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography; Discography; Index.