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Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

dai glissando acutissimi

English translation:

(punctuated)..., and with the very high glissandos...

Added to glossary by NicoleRZ
Jan 31, 2011 17:18
13 yrs ago
Italian term

dai glissando acutissimi

Italian to English Art/Literary Music
Context: "L'arte del raccontar "stonando" di Yow tocca nuovi vertici in Then Comes Dudley, brano costruito sul suo affabulare sconnesso e nevrastenico e sapientemente punteggiato da una possente iniezione di incalzanti figure boogie del basso, nonche' dai glissando acutissimi e dagli staccato supersonici di Denison."
Proposed translations (English)
3 +1 (punctuated)..., and with the very high glissandos...

Discussion

Jim Tucker (X) Feb 3, 2011:
Acuto / grave Upward./ downward glissandos
NicoleRZ (asker) Feb 2, 2011:
Jim- Many thanks!
Jim Tucker (X) Feb 1, 2011:
glissando = glissando a glissando in music (or as non-classical musicians sometimes call it, a "gliss") is a note that "slides" between pitches
NicoleRZ (asker) Feb 1, 2011:
well... I am having difficulty putting the two together and coming up with a phrase that fits. glissando is to skate over/gloss over, right? acutissimi would be "very acute" or sharp or high, no?? Does one say a "very acute glossing over" ?
philgoddard Jan 31, 2011:
Yes - are you asking for a translation of acutissimi, Nicole?
Jim Tucker (X) Jan 31, 2011:
glissando is the same in English

Proposed translations

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1 day 1 hr
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(punctuated)..., and with the very high glissandos...

"Her bittersweet, immediate, and wise lyrics are long-lined and punctuated with glissandos and unexpected leaps. Tough-minded, funny, and sensuous, Ras' vital poems remind us of all that we're given on this planet and how recklessly we devour it."
http://www.lanecc.edu/mpr/news/rel00840.htm

"Fast bitonal waltz punctuated with glissandos and strong syncopation, pp ending. M,D. See also Zipoli William Gilbert ( l 836-l9 ll ) and Arthur Sullivan..."
http://books.google.it/books?id=xsWjvwM_FWIC&pg=PA57&lpg=PA5...

"The viola concerto has a prominent part for the harpsichord, which accompanies the viola in many passages. The viola playing at it's highest register in the opening cadenza makes me think of whale-songs. There is turbulence in this music (the high glissandos of the orchestra) and also darkness."
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:T3tBhnj...

"The high glissandos in the electronics hark back to Darmstadt, while the gradually evolving textures demonstrate more sophisticated technological resources."
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2010/Mar10/My...


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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2011-02-01 18:37:42 GMT)
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or maybe
"with Denison's very high glissandos... etc"
Peer comment(s):
agree Jim Tucker (X) : No gliss on piano - "extreme upward glissandos" - either string or wind instr.
16 mins
a glissando can be obviously performed upward or downward, but due to the presence of "acutissimi" I think they probably mean "towards and up to very high notes" //yep, it's actually a guitar (Jesus lizard) http://www.scaruffi.com/vol5/jesusliz.html
neutral philgoddard : You may be right, but couldn't it mean "big glissandos", ie with a wide pitch range?
2 hrs
No, "acutissimi" just means that the "sliding effect" arrives at the highest notes, but you can start doing it from any point of the range. I think "sharp" could be another possiblity, but it should always refer to the pitch in my view.
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