alto

Italian translation: viola

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French term or phrase:alto
Italian translation:viola
Entered by: Giovanna N.

09:15 Sep 18, 2013
French to Italian translations [PRO]
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French term or phrase: alto
Lawrence Power à l’alto et violon

Contesto: musica classica
Giovanna N.
Switzerland
Local time: 06:45
viola
Explanation:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alto_(instrument_à_cordes)

versione italiana:
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_(strumento_musicale)

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Quelle est la différence entre le violon et l'alto?

http://pages.infinit.net/ensemble/CViolon/Diff.htm

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di niente Giovanna :)
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Fabrizio Zambuto
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3 +5viola
Fabrizio Zambuto
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alto / viole
Gaetano Silvestri Campagnano

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viola


Explanation:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alto_(instrument_à_cordes)

versione italiana:
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_(strumento_musicale)

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Note added at 2 mins (2013-09-18 09:18:29 GMT)
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Quelle est la différence entre le violon et l'alto?

http://pages.infinit.net/ensemble/CViolon/Diff.htm

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Note added at 3 hrs (2013-09-18 12:39:29 GMT)
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di niente Giovanna :)

Fabrizio Zambuto
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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Grazie :-)
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Asker: Grazie Fabrizio


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agree  Annamaria Taboga: http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/alto Instrument à corde de la famille des violons, intermédiaire entre le violon et le violoncelle
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  -> Grazie Annamaria

agree  zerlina: :-))
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agree  P.L.F. Persio: 你好;-)
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agree  Mariagrazia Centanni
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  -> grazie Mariagrazia :)

agree  Marco Bertoli
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  -> grazie Marco
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Reference comments


3 hrs
Reference: alto / viole

Reference information:
In francese si utilizza normalmente anche "viole" per indicare la viola.

Ecco alcuni riferimenti dal dizionario francese Lexilogos:

http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/alto

«On peut à volonté considérer l'alto comme un grand violon accordé une quinte plus bas, ou comme un petit violoncelle accordé une octave plus haut, ce qui explique à la fois ses deux noms; c'est la quinte inférieure du violon, ou l'octave haute (alto) du violoncelle... A. Lavignac, La Musique et les musiciens,1895, p. 160.»

«1. Cet instrument a été appelé aussi alto-viole (Bach.-Dez. 1882), alto de viole (DG), quinte (Bach.-Dez. 1882, DG), quinte de violon (Quillet 1965). 2. Alto-basso. Instrument de percussion à cordes dont s'accompagnaient certains joueurs de flûte (Ac. Compl. 1842, Lar. 19e, Littré).»

Inoltre, il termine francese "alto" come in inglese, indica anche la voce femminile del contralto, anche se in francese questo è ormai un termine in disuso, ormai soppiantato dal nostro attuale "contralto".

Gaetano Silvestri Campagnano
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