"Complete Music Encyclopedia"

Japanese: 《音楽大全》 - おんがくだいぜん
"Complete Music Encyclopedia"

...From the Renaissance to the Baroque (15th to 18th centuries), instrumental music developed in particular, and the basic form of most of the instruments used in modern orchestras and chamber music was established. A detailed description of musical instruments can be found in the second volume (1619) of Syntagma musicum (3 volumes) by M. Praetorius (c. 1571-1621), which is said to be the oldest musical encyclopedia in Europe. The Japanese word "musical instrument" is a Chinese character derived from China, but the concept, like the word "music," was strongly influenced by European culture imported in modern times, and began to be used mainly to mean European musical instruments.

*Some of the terminology referenced in "The Encyclopedia of Music" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ルネサンスからバロックにかけて(15~18世紀),とくに器楽が発達し,現在のオーケストラや室内楽で使われるほとんどの楽器の基本形ができあがった。文献の上ではヨーロッパにおける最古の音楽百科事典といわれるプレトリウスM.Praetorius(1571ころ‐1621)の《音楽大全Syntagma musicum》(全3巻)の第2巻(1619)に,楽器の詳細な記述がみられる。 日本語の〈楽器〉は中国に由来する漢語であるが,その概念は〈音楽〉の語と同様に近代になって輸入されたヨーロッパ文化の強い影響を受け,主としてヨーロッパ系の楽器を意味する語として使われ始めた。…

※「《音楽大全》」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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