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gioco bachiano delle sfingi

German translation: das bachsche Spiel der Sphinxen

09:55 Apr 5, 2010
Italian to German translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music
Italian term or phrase: gioco bachiano delle sfingi
Il *gioco bachiano delle sfingi* (cioè le lettere del cognome Schumann corrispondenti a note musicali “asch-scha” la, mibem, do, si) stringe una rete di collegamenti tra le singole miniature, mentre la scelta delle tonalità, la distribuzione delle agogiche, le caratteristiche della tecnica pianistica di volta in volta indagata, rispondono a un piano preciso negli studi chopiniani.

Leider will sich mir die Bedeutung des obigen Ausdrucks nicht erschließen. Für eure Hilfe wäre ich sehr dankbar.
inkweaver
Germany
Local time: 18:13
German translation:das bachsche Spiel der Sphinxen
Explanation:
Würde ich sagen, vgl. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-A-C-H und http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft7j49p...

"The answer to that is "Sphinxes," the notation, in double whole notes, of the three pitch cells on which Carnaval is based. These famously employ all the letters in Schumann's name that also denominate tones in German usage: S.C.H.A. and its anagrams A.S.C.H. Now, because Ernestine von Fricken, to whom Schumann was engaged at the time of composition (and who appears in Carnaval as "Estrella"), came from the town of Asch, the S.C.H.A./A.S.C.H. anagram suggests a further (or more primary?) mobility of identity between masculine and feminine personae, and redoubles the "Eusebius"/"Florestan"—"Coquette"/"Replique" configuration. Yet it is important to note that S.C.H.A. takes pride of place; it is the first sphinx—pointedly a male, not female, sphinx—and it forms "the" signature of the piece by its transcription of the composer's "real" name.

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Note added at 1 day11 hrs (2010-04-06 21:01:33 GMT)
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Hier auch im Deutschen als "Sphinxes" bzw. "Sphinxs" (?) bezeichnet:
http://www.schumann-portal.de/pgcms/output.php?PAGE_ID=1550&...
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnaval_(Schumann)
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Barbara Wiebking
Germany
Local time: 18:13
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Danke schön!
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das bachsche Spiel der Sphinxen


Explanation:
Würde ich sagen, vgl. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-A-C-H und http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft7j49p...

"The answer to that is "Sphinxes," the notation, in double whole notes, of the three pitch cells on which Carnaval is based. These famously employ all the letters in Schumann's name that also denominate tones in German usage: S.C.H.A. and its anagrams A.S.C.H. Now, because Ernestine von Fricken, to whom Schumann was engaged at the time of composition (and who appears in Carnaval as "Estrella"), came from the town of Asch, the S.C.H.A./A.S.C.H. anagram suggests a further (or more primary?) mobility of identity between masculine and feminine personae, and redoubles the "Eusebius"/"Florestan"—"Coquette"/"Replique" configuration. Yet it is important to note that S.C.H.A. takes pride of place; it is the first sphinx—pointedly a male, not female, sphinx—and it forms "the" signature of the piece by its transcription of the composer's "real" name.

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Note added at 1 day11 hrs (2010-04-06 21:01:33 GMT)
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Hier auch im Deutschen als "Sphinxes" bzw. "Sphinxs" (?) bezeichnet:
http://www.schumann-portal.de/pgcms/output.php?PAGE_ID=1550&...
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnaval_(Schumann)

Example sentence(s):
  • Zwei Namen in „Carnaval" sind Namen von Musikern. Diese Stücke machen anfänglich keinen Gebrauch von der ASCH-Sphinx. (...) Zu der Zeit, als op. 9 entstand, war Schumann mit Clara verlobt; man könnte also erwarten, ihre Chiffre zu finden.
  • Questo disegno è considerato da Roger Fiske una sorta di "motivo-sfinge" intimamente correlato a tutta la composizione e assimilabile alle "note-sfingi" del Carnaval.

    Reference: http://www.ericsams.org/sams_schumann1_ted.htm
    Reference: http://books.google.de/books?id=44Qi4jttrRUC&pg=PA101&lpg=PA...
Barbara Wiebking
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Local time: 18:13
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