 He was also well known for his piano accompaniment.Lee was a visiting professor at Brandeis University, Cornell University, and Dartmouth College.He received numerous awards throughout his career, an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for his creative work in 1959, and from France, twice laureate of the Fondation de France, in 1998, the grade of Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and, in 1999, from the city of Paris, the Grand Prix de la Musique.