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[Let's Talk About Music] | PAUL KLEE | EP1-2: "Fugue in Red" - Klee the Art Composer
This post contains a full transcript of the lecture video below. To accommodate the content of the video to the blog post format, some...
Manaka Matsumoto
5 days ago5 min read
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[Let's Talk About Music] | PAUL KLEE | EP1-1: "Old Violinist" - Klee and Musical Identity
This post contains a full transcript of the lecture video below. To accommodate the content of the video to the blog post format, some...
Manaka Matsumoto
Jun 304 min read
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Paul Klee: The Art Composer
Back in mid-April, I visited the Paul Klee, Solitary and Solidary exhibition at the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art. As a kid, I was...
Manaka Matsumoto
May 73 min read
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Working in progress
In February, I actually did three things that I had either never done before or hadn't been able to do in a long time. I had been sitting...
Manaka Matsumoto
Mar 134 min read
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Listening
2024 is the first in a very long time since I spent an entire year in Japan. I am extremely grateful for the support I have received from...
Manaka Matsumoto
Dec 31, 20243 min read
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Retelling the Past: Arranging "The Nutcracker" for solo violin
When I first decided to start arranging, my first instinct was to tackle "popular" classical music - pieces that non-listeners of the...
Manaka Matsumoto
Dec 25, 20245 min read
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The First Inspiration: Ernst's Grand Caprice on Schubert's "Der Erlkönig"
When I first started arranging for solo violin as a junior in college, I had no prior experience in composition. My technique and...
Manaka Matsumoto
Oct 31, 20244 min read
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Little Bee's Hive
Little Bee's Hive is where I write. The name "Little Bee," which I use in my YouTube and Instagram handles, is the name of a character in...
Manaka Matsumoto
Jun 24, 20201 min read
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