musette 的詞源

14世紀晚期，“小風笛”，來自古法語 musette “風笛”（13世紀），源自 muser “演奏風笛，製造音樂”，源自 mus “口，口套”，源自中世紀拉丁語 musum（參見 muzzle（n.））。從法語的這個意義上，到1788年，“一首或彷彿爲風笛而作的作品”，通常是一種安靜的田園牧歌，模仿風笛的聲音。

MUSETTE. The name of an air generally written in common-time, and the character of which is always soft and sweet. From the style of this air, dances were formerly invented of a similar cast, and which were also called Musettes. Musette was also the name formerly given to a small kind of bagpipe much used in most countries of Europe, the performers on which were called Musars. [Thomas Busby, "A Complete Dictionary of Music," 1806]

風笛。一種通常寫成常規時間的曲調，其特點總是柔和而甜美。由於這種曲調的風格，以前發明了一些類似的舞蹈，也被稱爲 Musettes。 Musette 也曾是一種小型風笛的名稱，這種風笛在歐洲大多數國家都被廣泛使用，演奏者被稱爲 Musars。[托馬斯·巴斯比（Thomas Busby），《音樂完全詞典》，1806年]