Glossary entry

Catalan term or phrase:

microformes

English translation:

miniatures

Added to glossary by Paul Roige (X)
Apr 18, 2002 17:44
22 yrs ago
Catalan term

microformes romàntiques

Catalan to English Art/Literary Music - Chopin
--> "desenvolupament i consolidació de les anomenades *Microformes romántiques*. Per exemple redimensiona el Nocturn per piano, ...".
:-)
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 Romantic miniatures
5 small-scale Romantic works

Proposed translations

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Romantic miniatures

The word "miniature" is applicable to diminutive musical as well as visual works. "Piano miniatures", for example, gives 614 Google hits.
Peer comment(s):

agree Berni Armstrong : Miniatures is what I'd put!
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agree Sheila Hardie : that looks like it to me:)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "There, that's the one. :-)"
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small-scale Romantic works

suitable for an intimate after-dinner setting in a private home, for instance, as opposed to the concert hall.

Speaking of re-scaling (re-sizing) the traditional nocture form, are we talking Chopin here?

Cheers,
Heather
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