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Jul 23, 2013 09:09
10 yrs ago
German term

Feinklang

German to English Art/Literary Music Reviews
Internet, German, music lovers in anglophone countries, ... hochdynamischem Dirigat verwöhnen die English Baroque Soloists mit barockem Feinklang: Wenn authentische Instrumente so perfekt gespielt werden, auch bei den schwierigen Holzbläsern ohne jeglichen Kiekser, seidig in den Streichern ...

http://www.soli-deo-gloria.info/index.php/festival/archiv/13...
Proposed translations (English)
3 nuanced sound
3 +3 elegance
3 +1 smooth sound (of baroque)
3 +1 delicate sounds (of Baroque music)
3 the subtle sounds of baroque
References
Feinklang

Proposed translations

1 day 4 hrs
Selected

nuanced sound

For me, this has the sound of a high fidelity brochure – you get to hear the "fine" nuances. I could also go along with the "refinement" that was mentioned in the discussion of "elegance".
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks for the port in the storm."
+1
30 mins

smooth sound (of baroque)

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Note added at 31 mins (2013-07-23 09:40:41 GMT)
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Reference:

http://www.helsinginjuhlaviikot.fi/en/tapahtuma/soiva-kaupun...
Example sentence:

(...) visitors can allow themselves to be swept away by the smooth sounds of baroque.

Peer comment(s):
agree Maja_K
15 mins
Thank you, Maja_K!
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41 mins

the subtle sounds of baroque

perhaps - this is not a "standard" music term
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+3
1 hr

elegance

Not necessary to translate the '-klang' suffix here, IMO, as the context makes it clear.
Save 'smooth' for Mantovani.
http://www.musicroom.com/se/id_no/0404209/details.html
Peer comment(s):
agree franglish : refinement may also work
1 hr
agree philgoddard : Agree about Mantovani!
1 hr
agree Helen Shiner : With franglish as an alternative, or even sophistication, but elegance elegant.
6 hrs
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+1
4 hrs

delicate sounds (of Baroque music)

Example below:

"Listeners' ears are becoming reoriented to the subtle, delicate sounds of Baroque and Classic music played on long-vanished instruments."
Reference:

http://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/27/arts/critic-s-notebook-fortepiano-or-a-well-meant-clavier.html

Peer comment(s):
neutral Lancashireman : Delicate? See source text: "JS BACH Matthäus-Passion BWV 244"
31 mins
neutral Helen Shiner : With Andrew; I don't think delicate is right for the genre.
4 hrs
agree Klaus Schmirler : I don't think it is so bad at all in the context of authentic instruments. Their sound is delicate as opposed to "in-your-face" (the direction instrument making took from the Romantic era on).
1 day 26 mins
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Reference comments

12 hrs
Reference:

Feinklang

"Feinklang. its basically a German word play. The word itself does not exist, however, everybody understands it (its "fine sound" if you translate it). Its basically a neologism created from the word "Einklang" (translated: Accord/tune/unison) combined with the word "fein" (translated: fine). "
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/mastering-forum/392811-should...
Peer comments on this reference comment:
agree writeaway
20 hrs
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