orchestration

Japanese: orchestration
orchestration

...It refers to the method of realizing the composer's image of the timbre effect while taking into account the characteristics of each instrument when composing an orchestral piece, and also to the technical theory behind it. It is sometimes treated as a synonym for instrumentation, but while instrumentation is broadly related to the performance of each instrument and the general technique of effectively selecting and combining various timbres, orchestration is used from a historical perspective, especially in relation to relatively large-scale orchestral pieces for which the instruments to be used were specified from the mid-17th century onwards.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "orchestration" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…管弦楽を作曲する際に,個々の楽器の特性を考慮しながら音色効果に対する作曲家のイメージを実現する方法,さらにはその技術論をさす。楽器法instrumentationと同義に扱われることもあるが,楽器法が広く個々の楽器の性能とさまざまな音色を効果的に選択,結合する技術一般にかかわるとすれば,管弦楽法orchestrationは歴史的観点から,特に17世紀中期以降の,使用楽器が指定された比較的大規模な管弦楽曲に関して言われる。…

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