Part I. Introduction.- 1. Mapping Korean Music: Tradition, Classical Forms, K-Pop and more.- Part II. Korean Music and its national focused impact.- 2. Shifts and Stasis in the Promotion of Gugak: Observing and Interacting with Korean Music, 1979-2024.

- 3. Beyond cultural boundaries - The Aesthetics of Interculturality in 21st-century Korean Contemporary Music.- 4. Changgeuk as a window into shifting perceptions of gender in Korean society.- 5. Origins of Global Korean Music: Overseas Performances of South Korean Traditional Music During the Cold War Period.- 6. Pop Stars, the Korean Government, and the Forgotten Stakeholders of Tradition.

- 7. Legitimizing Fandom: K-pop Playback Formats and Collecting Real Music.- Part III. Korean music and its international focused impact.- 8. Classicism and Inter-Asian Collaboration in Contemporary Music: The cases of "Eternal Pine" by Chou Wen-chung/Yi Jiyang, and "Su" by Unsuk Chin/Wu Wie.- 9. Are Korean musicians competition-minded? - History of competition and new paths.

- 10. Two is better than one: The Dynamics of Music-Making in American-Korean Collaborations.- 11. Strategies and Issues of Sustainability in Korean Drumming and Performing Arts Organizations in the United States.- 12. Inventing a "pan": History of pansori's reception in France.