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組曲 (くみきょく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

組くみ曲きょく

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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noun

music

A musical suite: a set of instrumental pieces, often from a larger work such as a ballet or opera, or an independent multi-movement composition.

チャイコフスキーの「くるみ割わり人にん形ぎょう」組くみ曲きょくはクリスマスの定てい番ばんです。
Tchaikovsky's 'Nutcracker' suite is a Christmas staple.

この組くみ曲きょくは四よっつの舞ぶ曲きょくから成なっている。

This suite consists of four dance movements.

Written forms

組くみ曲きょくUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling for 'suite' in music.
クミキョクUsage1%

Kanji

組association, braid, plait
曲bend, music, melody

Similar words

交こう響きょう曲きょく
A symphony, typically a large-scale orchestral work with multiple movements, whereas 組曲 is a suite, often a collection of shorter pieces or excerpts.
楽がく章しょう
A movement within a larger work such as a symphony or suite; 組曲 is the whole suite, while 楽章 refers to one of its parts.

Etymology

Compound of 組 (kumi, 'set, group') and 曲 (kyoku, 'piece of music'), literally 'assembled pieces'. The term follows the Western musical concept of a suite.