Tender Leaves
December 7, 2025
The forest turns red in autumn. And the city turns golden in early winter.
Ginkgo trees are a popular street tree in East Asia. The streets leading to my high school and university were also lined with ginkgo trees.
Read More …
I wrote this song 7 years ago, in 2018. It’s only my second work, and I created it while I wasn’t sure how to go about making a song. I wasn’t satisfied with the result, but at that point I wasn’t thinking about uploading it to the internet, so I gave up and started working on the next song.
After that, the score remained out of sight for a long time, but 4 years ago I revised it and polished it up. Now it finally came up in the release schedule. I’d been worried about it never getting released, so I’m a bit relieved.
Categorized:
Song Information
- Title: Tender Leaves
- Composer: Issay Tsumeki ( 爪木一晴 )
- Work number: Op. 2
- Date of composition: Jun. 18, 2018; Revised Oct. 8, 2021
- Date of release: Dec. 7, 2025
Photos
- Walking people along the ginkgo street; by j_i_photo_1327 on PhotoAC
- Ginkgo and Benches; by Big_Heart on Pixabay
- Ginkgo Trees; by gang coo on Unsplash
- Fallen Leaves; by Pixabay on Pexels
- Ginkgo Trees; by Excellentcc on Pixabay