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organico

English translation: type of ensemble

21:17 Mar 14, 2007
Italian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Tourism & Travel / music
Italian term or phrase: organico
this is a text about a mozart concert
il cosiddetto "Gran Trio" per archi, il solo composto da Mozart per questo organico,
the so called string Gran Trio, the only composed by Mozart for this?????
stephanie Foulkes
Local time: 13:06
English translation:type of ensemble
Explanation:
I'm fairly sure it means it was the only composition Mozart wrote for a string trio (which, in fact, it was).

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Note added at 15 hrs (2007-03-15 12:30:54 GMT)
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Another alternative would be "configuration" as in: "The configuration -- violin, viola and cello -- is perfectly balanced and symmetrical…" http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9802EFDC1130F...
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KayW
Local time: 13:06
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thanks
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1type of ensemble
KayW
3Seems like they mean "body" or "group" as..
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
3organic
Valeria Faber


  

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Seems like they mean "body" or "group" as..


Explanation:
it does means "staff" according to the Eurodicautom.

Would it be referring to the people employed at court at the time?

Anna Maria Augustine (X)
France
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organic


Explanation:
why not?
We can say: "an organic whole (un tutto organico, or "organic unit" (organicità) so why not *organic*?

Valeria Faber
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
type of ensemble


Explanation:
I'm fairly sure it means it was the only composition Mozart wrote for a string trio (which, in fact, it was).

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Note added at 15 hrs (2007-03-15 12:30:54 GMT)
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Another alternative would be "configuration" as in: "The configuration -- violin, viola and cello -- is perfectly balanced and symmetrical…" http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9802EFDC1130F...

KayW
Local time: 13:06
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thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: I thought that but when I looked, it wasn't his only string trio. http://www.edto.net/mozart_string_trios.htm here's the entire phrase: http://www.ravennafestival.org/scheda_programma.php?id=906/t... best to specify the composition of the string trio.
27 mins
  -> I think it's the only complete trio for violin, viola and cello, as opposed to 2 violins and bass.
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