A musical term. A type of dance in Western music, originally music for dancing, but later became an independent piece of music without dancing. There are several dozen spellings of this word, and the above is only a representative example. It is an elegant dance in triple time, often combining two minuets, with the first minuet repeated once more at the end. It began to be popular at the court of Louis XIV of France in the mid-17th century, and was favored at courts throughout Europe throughout the 18th century. At the same time, from the mid-18th century, it began to be incorporated as one movement in multi-movement pure instrumental works, and this type of minuet was separated from dance. The second minuet became commonly called a trio because of its compositional characteristics, and the instrumental form minuet-trio-minuet was established. The minuet as a movement became part of the so-called "sonata multi-movement" and was widely used in divertimento, sonatas, chamber music such as trios and quartets, and also in symphonies. In the 19th century, the minuet movement was often replaced by the faster scherzo movement. [Shigeo Osaki] Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
音楽用語。西洋音楽における舞曲の一つのタイプで、本来は踊りの音楽であったが、のち踊りを伴わない自律した音楽となる。この語の綴(つづ)りは数十種もあり、前記のものはその代表的なものにすぎない。三拍子の優雅な舞曲で、しばしば二つのメヌエットが組み合わされており、最後にもう一度、最初のメヌエットが繰り返されるという型が一般的であった。17世紀中ごろ、フランスのルイ14世の宮廷でもてはやされ始め、18世紀を通じてヨーロッパ各地の宮廷で好まれた。それと同時に、18世紀中ごろから、多楽章の純器楽作品のなかに一つの楽章として組み入れられるようになって、この種のメヌエットは舞踊とは切り離された。そして第二メヌエットは、その編成上の特徴からトリオとよばれることが一般化し、ここにメヌエット―トリオ―メヌエットという器楽形式が成立した。このような楽章としてのメヌエットは、いわゆる「ソナタ多楽章構成」の一部となって、ディベルティメント、ソナタ、三重奏曲や四重奏曲などの室内楽、また交響曲にも広く用いられた。19世紀に入ると、メヌエット楽章はしばしば、よりテンポの速いスケルツォ楽章にとってかわられた。 [大崎滋生] 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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