Essays
Freely written essays, thoughts on composition, reading notes, music reviews, and more.
Book Reviews Thematic Structure as a Compositional Element: Thoughts on Reading “The Melodic Science of Masterpieces”
(Original posted on April 8, 2002)One could say that a characteristic of "large-scale works," su...
Book Reviews 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, and ...
Book Reviews 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 compar...
Book Reviews Review: ‘A History of Western Music: The Twilight of “Classicism”‘ by Akeo Okada
(Original posted on November 28, 2008)This is a wonderfully ambitious work. Among music history ...
Music Reviews Rediscovering the Charm of Lutoslawski
Rediscovering the Charm of Lutosławski(Original posted on June 14, 2006)I recently listened agai...
Essays Memorable Music: The Musical “Carousel”
（Original posted on March 29, 2015）One of the conditions for achieving a breakthrough and taking...
Music Reviews Listening to “Hana” by ASA-CHANG & Junray
(Original posted on April 5, 2015)A thought suddenly struck me, and I wanted to listen to music ...
Music Reviews Nordic Composer Rautavaara
(Original posted on June 9, 2006)I've been listening to Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928- ), specific...
Book Reviews Seeking a New Tonal World ~ Reading “Blue Notes and Tonality”
(Original posted on October 22, 1999)Numerous questions regarding the music called "Blues" would...
Book Reviews Review: “Complete Orchestration” by Akira Ifukube
(Original posted on January 4, 2009)This is a masterpiece that has held an unshakeable position ...