Music Director

Japanese: 音楽監督 - おんがくかんとく
Music Director

…Originally, it referred to the highest clergyman in the chapel (capelle) attached to the imperial court or the papal palace, but after the 16th century, when capelle came to mean the attached orchestra, the title came to refer to the conductor who trained and led the orchestra. The capelle was responsible for all music at the imperial court, not just church music, so in that sense the Kapellmeister corresponds to the Musikdirektor, the music director in Protestant church cities. Since the 19th century, it has referred to the conductor of the city's orchestra or opera house. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "musical director" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…本来,宮廷・教皇庁付属の礼拝堂(カペレ)における最高聖職者をさしていたが,16世紀以後,カペレが付属楽団を意味するようになると,これを訓練・統率する楽長をさす称号となった。カペレは教会音楽に限らず,宮廷におけるあらゆる音楽を担当したが,その意味ではカペルマイスターは,プロテスタント系教会都市における音楽監督Musikdirektorに対応する。19世紀以後では都市の管弦楽団・歌劇場の指揮者をさす。…

※「音楽監督」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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