Book Reviews 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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Book Reviews 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...
Book Reviews 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...
Book Reviews 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...
Book Reviews Review: “Orchestral Technique” by Gordon Jacob
(Original posted on January 23, 2009)It is astonishing that the essence of orchestration is cont...
Book Reviews Review: “Orchestration” by Walter Piston
(Originally posted on April 9, 2002)Among the orchestration books currently available, this is t...
Book Reviews 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...
Book Reviews 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...
Book Reviews Review: “Blue Note and Tonality” by Motohiko Hamase
(Original posted on April 9, 2002)This is a rare book that could be described as a "stoic and co...
Book Reviews Review: “The Thematic Process in Music” by Rudolph Réti
(Originally posted on April 9, 2002)As its Japanese subtitle, "The Theme and Construction of Cla...