Book Reviews Review: “Symphony of Spirit and Music” Edited by Tomonobu Imamichi
(Original posted on April 9, 2002)This is a collection of research papers on music aesthetics,...
Book Reviews 
Book Reviews Review: “A History of Harmony” by Olivier Alain
(Original posted on April 10, 2002)Harmony, or "chōwa" in Japanese, translates to "concord" or...
Music Reviews Darius’s “MAIN THEME – CHAOS” by Hisayoshi Ogura (OGR): A Uniquely Original Masterpiece
The game music of the 1980s is home to a number of experimental and distinctive masterpieces, ...
Music Reviews The Serene Aesthetics of Fusion in Tigran Hamasyan’s “The Poet”
In the music scene, the name Tigran Hamasyan is known as that of an innovator who creates a mu...
Book Reviews Review: “Encyclopedia: The Book of World Music” edited by Yoshihiko Tokumaru, Yuji Takahashi, Masakazu Kitanaka, Hiroshi Watanabe
(Original posted on December 17, 2008)When one sees the title "The Book of World Music," the f...
Book Reviews Review: “Throwing Sounds: The Range of Compositional Thought” by Jo Kondo
(Original posted on January 4, 2009)While releasing distinctive works through his unique compo...
Book Reviews Review: “Talks with Great Composers” by Arthur M. Abell
(Original posted on January 23, 2009)(*This book is a revised and re-edited version of "I Shal...
Essays “Phantom Gleam” Liner Notes
Phantom Gleam by MasaharuThe title track, "Phantom Gleam," progresses as ambiguous drone soun...
Essays “City of Gravity” Liner Notes
City of Gravity by MasaharuTo abstractly organize the 12-tone equal temperament scale based o...
Essays A Further Look at Composition: Why is Empathy Through Music Possible?
(Originally posted on November 12, 1999)In a previous column, "Gazing at Composition," I attem...