Orientales (English spelling)

Japanese: 《Orientales》(英語表記)Orientales
Orientales (English spelling)

...In literature, early examples include Galland's translation of The Thousand and One Nights (1704-17), Montesquieu's Persian Letters (1721), and Voltaire's Mohammed (1741), which had a strong hint of Enlightenment criticism of civilization, but gradually leaned toward exoticism. Hugo's Orientales (1829) and Lamartine's Journey to the Orient (1835) are representative examples by Romantic writers. In music, Mozart's The Abduction from the Seraglio (1782) was an early example of a Turkish taste, and later, Verdi's Aida (premiered in 1871) featured a fair amount of historical research into Egyptian customs. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Orientales" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…文学においては,ガランによる《千夜一夜物語》の翻訳(1704‐17),モンテスキューの《ペルシア人の手紙》(1721),ボルテールの《マホメット》(1741)などがその早い例で,啓蒙主義的文明批評のにおいが強かったが,しだいにエキゾティシズムに傾いてゆく。ユゴーの《東方詩集Orientales》(1829),ラマルティーヌの《東方紀行》(1835)などがロマン主義文学者による代表例である。音楽では,モーツァルトの《後宮よりの誘拐》(1782)のトルコ趣味が早い例で,後にはベルディの《アイーダ》(1871初演)のような,エジプト風俗に関してかなり歴史的考証を経たものも見られる。…

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