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組曲 (くみきょく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

組くみ曲きょく

く

み

きょ

く

Common word›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

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.

Usage patterns

組くみ曲きょくを作さっ曲きょくするto compose a suite
彼かれは民みん謡ようをもとに組くみ曲きょくを作さっ曲きょくした。
He composed a suite based on folk songs.
組くみ曲きょくを演えん奏そうするto perform a suite
オーケストラはバレエの組くみ曲きょくを演えん奏そうした。
The orchestra performed a suite from the ballet.
〈数すう〉楽がく章しょうの組くみ曲きょくa suite of a certain number of movements
この組くみ曲きょくは四よん楽がく章しょうの組くみ曲きょくです。
This suite consists of four movements.

Kanji

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

Related words

曲きょく集しゅう
組曲 refers specifically to a suite of related pieces meant to be performed together (often from a ballet or opera), while 曲集 is a more general term for any collection of musical pieces without that structural unity.
スイート
組曲 is the native Japanese term for a musical suite, whereas スイート is the loanword used especially in Western classical music contexts.

Don't confuse with

交こう響きょう曲きょくN1
組曲 is a suite made up of shorter, often loosely connected movements (sometimes drawn from a larger stage work), while 交響曲 is a symphony, a single large-scale orchestral composition with a tightly integrated multi-movement structure.

Built from

組くみ+曲きょく

Written forms

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

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.