musik klasik
Indonesian
Etymology
Internationalism, analogous to musik + klasik
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌmusik ˈklasik/ [ˌmu.sɪk̚ ˈkla.sɪk̚]
- Rhymes: -asik
- Syllabification: mu‧sik kla‧sik
Noun
musik klasik (plural musik-musik klasik)
- (music) Classical music; more serious forms of music, taught through formal education and performed according to strict rules, as opposed to folk music or popular music.
Usage notes
- The word often refers to the art music of the Western world. In case of non-Western art music (including Indonesian traditional music), the term musik tradisional is typically used.
Further reading
- “musik klasik”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016