Alpenkolorit
English translation: an alpine mood
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|  Selected response from: Helen Shiner United Kingdom Local time: 04:48 | ||||||
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| 4 +4 | an alpine mood |
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| 4 +1 | conveying alpine atmosphere (and flair) |
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| 4 | An alpine theme |
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| 3 +1 | Alpine coloration |
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| 3 | alpine touch/alpine flavour/alpine flavor/alpine colour/alpine color/alpine complexion |
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| 3 | Alpine ambience |
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| 2 | an Alpine shade |
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alpine touch/alpine flavour/alpine flavor/alpine colour/alpine color/alpine complexion Explanation: folkloristic complexion/color? --> gave it a folkloristic/ethnic touch? folkloric flavor; http://dict.leo.org/forum/viewUnsolvedquery.php?idThread=351... |
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an Alpine shade Explanation: - |
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35 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1conveying alpine atmosphere (and flair) Explanation: would be my suggestion |
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5 hrs confidence:
An alpine theme Explanation: "kolorit" is an alliteration of the overall color impression a picture leaves one with; which is to say, its overall color theme, or palette. Musically speaking, one could call it a theme or motif -- but Motiv is already being used in one of the German sentences, which is why I would suggest using the word theme, which would work in both contextual examples that you give. Example sentence(s):
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Alpine ambience Explanation: The opening track, "Overture", is typical - a spiralling descent through clouds into a weightless Alpine ambience, gradually warmed by a slowly looming sunrise. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/review... In Luisa Miller the Alpine ambience is an important element of the opera's tinta, joining with certain recurring shapes (in this case as much rhythmic ideas as melodic ones) to give the work a pronounced individuality. http://tinyurl.com/bon4co |
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11 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1Alpine coloration Explanation: Perhaps it is better to stick to musical terms -- "coloration" being a style of florid ornamentation in music (like "coloratura" to describe a certain type of singing, but "coloration" can be instrumental). I am not familiar with this particular piece of music -- does it contain lots of ornamental twiddly bits? |
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10 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +4
peer agreement (net): +4an alpine mood Explanation: Since this is about colour, maybe mood would do for both of your sentences: ...with a motif in an alpine mood An alpine mood and bucolic elements.... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 12 mins (2009-03-05 21:38:49 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Music for the Alps Searching for a piece of music to get you in an "alpine mood?" Try Eine Alpensinfonie op. 64 by Richard Strauss. This music evokes the beauty of the Alpine Range, and there are many recordings. One good recording is on Deutsche Grammophon (400 039-2), Herbert Von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic. http://www.walkingsoftly.com/switzerland.htm http://www.bonanzle.com/booths/jammatun/items/Kermit_Steuben... ...though a bit unsure about the zither! -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 days (2009-03-10 14:21:50 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the points, monbuckland |
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