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dann hängt der Himmel voller Geigen

English translation: X is alive with the sound of music (or violins)

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German term or phrase:dann hängt in StadtX der Himmel voller Geigen
English translation:X is alive with the sound of music (or violins)
Entered by: Lonnie Legg

08:50 Dec 27, 2008
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German term or phrase: dann hängt der Himmel voller Geigen
Aus den inzwischen reichlich importierten Boomboxen tönt Johann Strauss .... und dann hängt auch in Peking der Himmel voller Geigen ...

Gibt es eine Möglichkeit, diese Redensart im Englischen wiederzugeben, ohne den Bezug zur Musik zu verlieren?

Für eure Hilfe vielen Dank im Voraus!
inkweaver
Germany
Local time: 22:27
X is alive with the sound of music (or violins)
Explanation:
Since I seem to detect irony in the original:
"...and Peking is alive with the sound of music"
You might prefer "...sound of violins", but the reference to the musical "The Sound of Music" would be less obvious.
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Lonnie Legg
Germany
Local time: 22:27
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Summary of answers provided
2 +3then there is music in the air
Barbara Wiebking
3X is alive with the sound of music (or violins)
Lonnie Legg
3the heaven rejoices in his music
Roshni Sahgal
3...and then is music fiesta in Peking
palilula (X)
2and Heaven is full of violins
franglish


  

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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
and Heaven is full of violins


Explanation:
title of a song/aria of the operetta "Der liebe Augustin" by Leon Fall

... and even In Beijing "Heaven is full of violins"
but I'm not sure the reference will be understood

Rudolf Bernauer and Ernst Wel- isch revised their old libretto, and Fall's "Und der Himmel hangt voller Geigen" (And Heaven is full of violins) and "Anna ...


franglish
Switzerland
Local time: 22:27
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 12
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +3
then there is music in the air


Explanation:
Eine andere Möglichkeit...

Example sentence(s):
  • The night was suddenly glorious, clean, and happy. All dreams were dreamy. I awoke and there was once again music in the air, the feel of flowers, the sound of birds (metaphorically of course).

    Reference: http://www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker33.html
Barbara Wiebking
Germany
Local time: 22:27
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

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agree  KARIN ISBELL
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agree  Lirka
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agree  Nandini Vivek
1 day 20 hrs
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1 day 8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
X is alive with the sound of music (or violins)


Explanation:
Since I seem to detect irony in the original:
"...and Peking is alive with the sound of music"
You might prefer "...sound of violins", but the reference to the musical "The Sound of Music" would be less obvious.

Example sentence(s):
  • The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.

    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Of_Music
Lonnie Legg
Germany
Local time: 22:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 24
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1 day 20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
the heaven rejoices in his music


Explanation:
I think "rejoicing" creates the right aura for the feeling expressed in this sentence.

Roshni Sahgal
Germany
Local time: 22:27
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 day 21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
...and then is music fiesta in Peking


Explanation:
music life is beginning

palilula (X)
United States
Local time: 13:27
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian, Native in EnglishEnglish
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