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Were sheets of music/Western music theory shared with Asian delegates in the 19th century? How did/did both cultures translate sheets of music that relied on a foreign alphabet? I don’t see how one can transliterate D minor into Japanese, and vice versa m for the music theory used in Asian countries

by /u/nueoritic-parents in /r/AskHistorians

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