Three articles by Mike Lee and Ji-Young Kim have earned spots among the five most-read articles in 19th-Century Music, a leading scholarly journal in the field of musicology.
Lee’s article “A Riddle in Chopin’s Preludes, Op. 28,” currently occupies the No. 1 position. Kim’s article “A Melody and Its Afterlives in Piano Music by the Schumanns and Brahms” is No. 2. Additionally, Mike Lee’s article “Rehearing: Recursive Cycles in Chopin’s Preludes” sits at No. 5.
Lee’s top-ranked article, examining Frédéric Chopin’s Prelude in E Minor, has remained among the journal’s most-read publications for approximately three years since its release. His newest article, published in summer 2026, builds on that earlier research by exploring new ways of understanding and performing Chopin’s collection of 24 preludes.
In an editor’s note accompanying the latest issue, 19th-Century Music editor Berthold Hoeckner highlights Lee’s approach to the relationships among individual pieces and the creative possibilities it offers performers. Rather than treating a collection’s published sequence as fixed, Lee’s research opens the door to alternative arrangements informed by historical performance practices.
The list of most-read articles is maintained by 19th-Century Music and is updated with real-time data. The current rankings was current as of Monday, November 9.