Book Reviews

A guide to books on music and creative work.
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Review: ‘Introduction to Music Aesthetics’ by Yō Kuniyasu

(Originally posted on April 9, 2002)This book is a still-excellent introduction and guidebook th...
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Review: “Listen to Classical Music!” by Kyo Mitsutoshi

(Original posted on April 9, 2002)This is a refreshing book that offers bold explanations in a s...
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Review: ‘The Spirituality of Music’ by Peter Bastian

(Original posted on April 9, 2002)This is a book on music that spiritually portrays the mysterio...
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Review: ‘The Law of Rhythm’ by Mickey Earnshaw

(Original posted on April 10, 2002)When you think of rhythm as a "succession of pulses" that div...
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Review: “17 Perspectives on Music History” by Wakio Tamura and Fumio Narumi

(Originally posted on April 10, 2002)This book can be described as an ambitious attempt to re-ex...
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Review: ‘Listening Out Loud: Becoming a Composer’ by Elizabeth Swados

(Original posted on April 9, 2002)This is a book that can be called an anthem for aspiring compo...
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Review: “Orchestral Technique” by Gordon Jacob

(Original posted on January 23, 2009)It is astonishing that the essence of orchestration is cont...
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Review: “Orchestration” by Walter Piston

(Originally posted on April 9, 2002)Among the orchestration books currently available, this is t...
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Review: “The Wonder of Music” by Sadao Bekku

(Original posted on April 9, 2002)"I am the type of person who cannot help but think not only ab...
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Review: “Bartók’s Compositional Technique” by Ernő Lendvai

(Original posted on April 9, 2002)This is a research book that analyzes the characteristics of B...