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Italian to English Music Translation Glossary

Italian term		English translation
disegno melodico aperto		expansive musical theme
disepicizzato		stripped of any epic feel
dispersione totale di mezzi		spread himself too thin
diteggiature		fingering
donna ora insicura ora lasciva		flipping between timid and raunchy /timid one moment, raunchy the next
durata minima complessiva di circa 30'		minimum duration approx. 30' overall	Tom in London
Entered by: Tom in London
e credete?...		and do you think
E’ un pianoforte "assolo"		It's a piano "solo"
effettivo		active member	Emanuela Galdelli
Entered by: Emanuela Galdelli
epidermico		that gets under your skin
estensione (see context)		compass
etnomusicologica		ethnomusicological	Fernando Muela Sopeña
Entered by: Fernando Muela Sopeña
Evita di cadere nell'enfasi di maniera e sottolineare con eccesso di sonorità i turghori della scrittura mascagnana		He avoids mannered emphasis and underscoring Mascagni's compositional surges with excessive sonority
fa pieno con sei tagli in collo e uno in testa		F 7 or f'''' (with 7 lines above the staff)	Betty Revelioti
Entered by: Betty Revelioti
farrinata (see sentence below)		farrinata/ i.e. raffinata: sophisticated, exquisite refine
Fate campo		make way
fatidico segno scritto		Music notation
figurazione ritmica		rhythmic figure
finalizzati		aimed at	Emilia De Paola
Entered by: Emilia De Paola
finché non viene ella a spiegarsi.		until she comes forth with her protestation of love
fine a se stesso		for its own sake
flauti Nipponica		Japanese flute manufacturer
foce del Po di Levante		on the east side of the Po estuary	Dana Rinaldi
Entered by: Dana Rinaldi
foga da orca		feral/animalistic frenzy
Fondo		Collection	Cedric Randolph
Entered by: Cedric Randolph
franchezza di scena		Openness/Sincerety on the stage	Lara Barnett
Entered by: Lara Barnett
fraseggi		(blues/jazz) phrasings
generosissimo di groove		with a good helping of groove
gettone di presenza		token payment/attendance token
giovani emergenti		emerging artists / emerging young singers
giro di Do		chord sequence around C
giro modulante		harmonic progression
grande spessore artistico		great /outstanding artistic talent
gruppi camestici		Chamber groups	Isabelle Johnson
Entered by: Isabelle Johnson
guide all'ascolto		listening guides
guizzanti circonvoluzioni		vivacious complexities
I docenti di riferimento di base sono....		The instructors responsible for the course	Cedric Randolph
Entered by: Cedric Randolph
i documenti sonori delle voci storiche		the sound recordings documenting celebrated/time-honoured opera(tic) voices	Maria Burnett
Entered by: Maria Burnett
i governatori del Pio Ente		The Governors of the Pio Monte della Misericordia
i materiali sonori di partenza		original sound sources

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