Recent Activities

I am working on my second book. This time, I will write about American "non-experimental" classical music. I discussed with my publisher, Stylenote, about possible composers I would deal with. Currently, I choose the following: Leroy Anderson, Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, Ferde Grofe, Charles Ives, Gian Carlo Menotti, and William Schuman. I may add a few more composers.

The most difficult composer to write about should be Grofe, as academic research has not yet been progressed much so far for this composer (I do own a copy of MA thesis on Grofe), and because of the complexity of genre problem surrounding this composer, namely: (1) How can I define jazz, dance music, semiclassical music, and serious music? (2) How I can place Grofe in this context?

My publisher told me that my first book, A Comprehensive Survey of Disney Film Music, have been sold 1,100 copies. This actually is the first Japanese publication on the Disney film music.

If you are interested in this book--sorry it is written in Japanese--you can buy your copy at Amazon.co.jp. Take a look at the link below. Thanks!!