Essays The Utility and Limits of Imitation: Reflections on “The Wonders of Music”
(Original posted on April 4, 2002)The author, Sadao Bekku, has a very clear way of writing, an...
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Essays Essays Architecture is Frozen Music (The Structure of Music) – Reflections on ‘The Wonders of Music’
(Originally posted on April 8, 2002)It seems that music has often been discussed in close comp...
Essays Memorable Music: The Musical “Carousel”
（Original posted on March 29, 2015）One of the conditions for achieving a breakthrough and taki...
Essays Seeking a New Tonal World ~ Reading “Blue Notes and Tonality”
(Original posted on October 22, 1999)Numerous questions regarding the music called "Blues" wou...
Essays Liner Notes for “Garden of the Echigo Lion”
Garden of the Echigo Lion by MasaharuThe shamisen part, improvisational throughout, and the rh...
Essays “Warmth of Stagnation” Liner Notes
Warmth of Stagnation by MasaharuThe first track, “Warmth of Stagnation,” the title tune, is a...
Essays Watching Yuri Norstein’s Animated Works
(Original posted on November 16, 2008)Yuri Norstein is an animation artist deeply respected by...
Essays On the Syndrome of Harmony
(Originally posted: October 22, 1999)When we say “harmony,” we tend to envision something rath...
Essays Overwhelmed by What Simply Stands
(Originally posted on August 5, 2006)One of my quiet pleasures is driving alone, day or night....
Essays A Reflection on Yoshitomo Nara
(Originally posted: June 26, 2006)On June 25, 2006, I watched the documentary program Jounetsu...