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C.P.E. Bach, Father of Classical Music: 300th Anniversary of His Birth
Ah, I have given it another sensational title. Nevertheless, I do not think it is entirely wrong to call C.P.E. Bach (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach), whose 300th birth anniversary fall…
The 11-Year-Old Girl in This “Let It Go” Cover Video Is a Real-Life Elsa
An article titled “The Chillingly Expressive ‘Let It Go’ Cover Sung by an 11-Year-Old Girl”[1] appeared in my Facebook timeline. Remembering that my daughter had watched the origin…
When You Play Super Mario on a Sho… What Is This?!
Do you all know the instrument called the shō? Yes, it is the instrument used in gagaku that makes that “pwaaah” sound. You may know it from Etenraku. When Super Mario…
It Is Wrong to Say, “The Idea That Different Emotions Arise Depending on the Initial Key (Major or Minor) Is Also Wrong”!
DIAMOND Online published an article titled “The Musical Secrets You Never Knew, Revealed by Dr. John Powell, Author of How Music Works”. In it, as something “many…
Bach’s Siciliano Isn’t Actually by J. S. Bach, Is It…?
One piece frequently performed as a work by J. S. Bach is the “Siciliano.” It was originally from Flute Sonata BMV 1031, as its movement 2. Since it is also often performed on the…
5 Misconceptions Seen in the Fake Beethoven Affair
To be honest, Mamoru Samuragochi’s name was completely off my radar until Twitter posts about this incident began appearing . I had no idea that he had somehow been celebrate…
Let’s Break Away from Equal Temperament (1)
Equal temperament is a tuning system that divides 1 octave evenly into 12 semitones, and it became popular in the latter half of the 19th century. This made it possible to obtain t…
Albinoni’s Adagio Was Not Composed by Albinoni!
I found a CD presented as a collection of Baroque masterpieces at home. I casually took it to the car and played it while driving, and it felt completely out of place. I wrote befo…
Editing Video with Final Cut Express
I finally began editing the video from Mexico that I had kept postponing. I could have used iMovie, but this time I tackled it with Final Cut Express, which I had bought and then n…
In Memoriam: Aki Yashiro — “Fly Me to the Moon: On Aki Yashiro’s ‘Songs Around Midnight’”
At the end of 2023, the great singer of yesteryear, Aki Yashiro, passed away at the age of 73. What a terrible loss at such a young age. I had hoped she would show us the musical b…
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