Recent Articles
2024 “Pines in Ten Thousand Valleys: The Life Journey of a Musical Instrument (b.1640).” In Instrumental Lives: Musical Instruments, Material Culture and Social Networks in East and Southeast Asia, edited by Helen Rees, pp. 83-138. Chicago and Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
2023 “A Humble Blind Singer’s Autobiographical Song: Oral Creation Facing a Hong Kong Teahouse Audience”. Ethnomusicology, Vol. 67, No. 2 (Spring/Summer) pp.153-190.
2022 “The Scholar and the Courtesan: Songs on the Pearl River’s Flower Boats,” Journal of Chinese Oral and Performing Literature 41. 1 (July 2022): 37–69.
2021 从认知观点剖析文人琴娱己的表现力—--给音乐下新定义 （下）Re-defining music by examining the qin music of the literati from a cognitive perspective (Part 2)。中國音樂（北京中國音樂學院學報）2021 年第 5 期（9月），頁碼85-94.
2021 从认知观点剖析文人琴娱己的表现力—--给音乐下新定义 （上）Re-defining music by examining the qin music of the literati from a cognitive perspective (Part 1)。中國音樂（北京中國音樂學院學報）2021 年第 4 期（7月），頁碼5-17.
2021 “Wu Song Kills the Tiger 武松打虎: Transcription and translation of a Cantonese narrative song from a live performance, with an introduction,” Journal of Chinese Oral and Performing Literature 40. 2 (December 2021): 144–181.
2021 “From humble beginnings to qin master: the remarkable cross-fertilization of folk and elite cultures in Yao Bingyan’s 姚炳炎 dapu 打谱 music” in Routledge Handbook of Asian Music: Cultural Intersections, edited by Lee Tong Soon, 88-122. London and New York: Routledge. 2021.
2020 “A Heuristic Theory of Metrical Transformation and Tune Metamorphosis: Tracking Creativity in Traditional Cantonese Opera,” Ethnomusicology, Vol. 64, No. 1 (2020 winter), 110-140.
2019 “Exploring Creativity in Traditional Music,” Yearbook for Traditional Music, Vol. 51, 1-15. Cambridge University Press, 2019/11.
2019 “蔡德允老师琴艺风格初探” (Preliminary study of the art of qin performance by Master Tsar Teh-yun). 音乐藝术Yinyue Yishu (上海音乐学院学报 Journal of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music) 2019.4,页码22-28.
2019 "CHINOPERL’s Metamorphoses—Some Memories at her 50th Birthday,” Journal of Chinese Oral and Performing Literature Volume 38, 2019 - Issue 1: Celebrating CHINOPERL’s 50th Anniversary, Part 1, pp. 3-9.
2017 “An Audience of One: The Private Music of the Chinese Literati,” （文人的自娱古琴音乐）Ethnomusicology Volume 61 (2017), Number 3. 506-53
2017 “以《广陵散》为例试论琴曲演变的“古”“今”相互影响” (Historical interdependency of music). 音乐藝术
Yinyue Yishu (上海音乐学院学报Journal of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music) 2017.1, 84-92.
2014 “Remembering Mrs. Pian, My Mentor and Friend” Chinoperl: Journal of Chinese Oral and Performing Literature, 33.2 (December 2014), 135-157.
2013 “Chinese Music: Graduate Training, Resources, and Publication” in A Scholarly Review of Chinese Studies in North America, edited by Haihui Zhang et al. 422-454. The Association for Asian Studies, Inc.
2012 “A Trip to Sok Ku Wan with a Cantonese Opera Troupe” in Cultural Vision, edited by Mathias Woo, 18-25. Hong Kong: Zuni Icosahedron,
2009 “Voices of Hong Kong: the Reconstruction of a Performance in a Teahouse” in Critical Zone No. 3, 37-56.
yung_bell_voicesofhongkong_critical_zone.pdf
2009 “Tsar Teh-yun at Age 100: A Life of Qin Music, Poetry and Calligraphy” in Lives in Chinese Music, ed. Helen Rees, 65-90. Champagne IL: University of Illinois Press. 2009.
lives_in_chinese_music_----__part_ii._the_literati_.pdf
2009 “Historical Legacy and the Contemporary World: UNESCO and China’s Qin Music in the 21st Century.” In Music and Cultural Rights, ed. Andrew Weintraub and Bell Yung, 140-168. Champagne, IL: University of Illinois Press. November 2009.
2024 “Pines in Ten Thousand Valleys: The Life Journey of a Musical Instrument (b.1640).” In Instrumental Lives: Musical Instruments, Material Culture and Social Networks in East and Southeast Asia, edited by Helen Rees, pp. 83-138. Chicago and Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
2023 “A Humble Blind Singer’s Autobiographical Song: Oral Creation Facing a Hong Kong Teahouse Audience”. Ethnomusicology, Vol. 67, No. 2 (Spring/Summer) pp.153-190.
2022 “The Scholar and the Courtesan: Songs on the Pearl River’s Flower Boats,” Journal of Chinese Oral and Performing Literature 41. 1 (July 2022): 37–69.
2021 从认知观点剖析文人琴娱己的表现力—--给音乐下新定义 （下）Re-defining music by examining the qin music of the literati from a cognitive perspective (Part 2)。中國音樂（北京中國音樂學院學報）2021 年第 5 期（9月），頁碼85-94.
2021 从认知观点剖析文人琴娱己的表现力—--给音乐下新定义 （上）Re-defining music by examining the qin music of the literati from a cognitive perspective (Part 1)。中國音樂（北京中國音樂學院學報）2021 年第 4 期（7月），頁碼5-17.
2021 “Wu Song Kills the Tiger 武松打虎: Transcription and translation of a Cantonese narrative song from a live performance, with an introduction,” Journal of Chinese Oral and Performing Literature 40. 2 (December 2021): 144–181.
2021 “From humble beginnings to qin master: the remarkable cross-fertilization of folk and elite cultures in Yao Bingyan’s 姚炳炎 dapu 打谱 music” in Routledge Handbook of Asian Music: Cultural Intersections, edited by Lee Tong Soon, 88-122. London and New York: Routledge. 2021.
2020 “A Heuristic Theory of Metrical Transformation and Tune Metamorphosis: Tracking Creativity in Traditional Cantonese Opera,” Ethnomusicology, Vol. 64, No. 1 (2020 winter), 110-140.
2019 “Exploring Creativity in Traditional Music,” Yearbook for Traditional Music, Vol. 51, 1-15. Cambridge University Press, 2019/11.
2019 “蔡德允老师琴艺风格初探” (Preliminary study of the art of qin performance by Master Tsar Teh-yun). 音乐藝术Yinyue Yishu (上海音乐学院学报 Journal of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music) 2019.4,页码22-28.
2019 "CHINOPERL’s Metamorphoses—Some Memories at her 50th Birthday,” Journal of Chinese Oral and Performing Literature Volume 38, 2019 - Issue 1: Celebrating CHINOPERL’s 50th Anniversary, Part 1, pp. 3-9.
2017 “An Audience of One: The Private Music of the Chinese Literati,” （文人的自娱古琴音乐）Ethnomusicology Volume 61 (2017), Number 3. 506-53
2017 “以《广陵散》为例试论琴曲演变的“古”“今”相互影响” (Historical interdependency of music). 音乐藝术
Yinyue Yishu (上海音乐学院学报Journal of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music) 2017.1, 84-92.
2014 “Remembering Mrs. Pian, My Mentor and Friend” Chinoperl: Journal of Chinese Oral and Performing Literature, 33.2 (December 2014), 135-157.
2013 “Chinese Music: Graduate Training, Resources, and Publication” in A Scholarly Review of Chinese Studies in North America, edited by Haihui Zhang et al. 422-454. The Association for Asian Studies, Inc.
2012 “A Trip to Sok Ku Wan with a Cantonese Opera Troupe” in Cultural Vision, edited by Mathias Woo, 18-25. Hong Kong: Zuni Icosahedron,
2009 “Voices of Hong Kong: the Reconstruction of a Performance in a Teahouse” in Critical Zone No. 3, 37-56.
yung_bell_voicesofhongkong_critical_zone.pdf
2009 “Tsar Teh-yun at Age 100: A Life of Qin Music, Poetry and Calligraphy” in Lives in Chinese Music, ed. Helen Rees, 65-90. Champagne IL: University of Illinois Press. 2009.
lives_in_chinese_music_----__part_ii._the_literati_.pdf
2009 “Historical Legacy and the Contemporary World: UNESCO and China’s Qin Music in the 21st Century.” In Music and Cultural Rights, ed. Andrew Weintraub and Bell Yung, 140-168. Champagne, IL: University of Illinois Press. November 2009.