Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Lebensäußerungen
English translation:
vitality
Added to glossary by
Olav Rixen
Feb 28, 2005 15:43
20 yrs ago
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Lebensäußerungen
German to English
Art/Literary
Music
Was dem Opernkomponisten Mozart so eigentümlich ist: Dass er niemals über seinen Gestalten steht, sondern sich geradezu in jene zu verwandeln scheint, die er gerade singen lässt, quasi in ihr verschwindet, um noch im Ensemblesatz bei jeder einzelnen zu sein und die **Lebensäußerungen** aller zu einem lebendigen Organismus zu verschmelzen – hier ist es in höchster Potenz zu erleben
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | vitality |
Lancashireman
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| 3 +3 | individual expression / individual expressivity |
NGK
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| 5 | pulse of life |
Jo Mayr
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| 3 +1 | manifestation of life |
Jonathan MacKerron
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Proposed translations
+3
54 mins
German term (edited):
Lebens�u�erungen
Selected
vitality
He causes/allows their vitality to blend into one single organism.
'vital': from Latin 'vita' = life
No need to add 'utterances' or 'expression' here, I feel
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Note added at 3 hrs 27 mins (2005-02-28 19:11:25 GMT)
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What is so remarkable about Mozart as a composer of operas is that he never stands above his characters but seems to transform himself into whichever one of them he has singing at that moment. It’s as if he were losing himself within that character only to reappear in all of them simultaneously during the quartets and to blend their individual vitality into one living organism. This is particularly and powerfully apparent at this point in the opera.
'vital': from Latin 'vita' = life
No need to add 'utterances' or 'expression' here, I feel
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Note added at 3 hrs 27 mins (2005-02-28 19:11:25 GMT)
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What is so remarkable about Mozart as a composer of operas is that he never stands above his characters but seems to transform himself into whichever one of them he has singing at that moment. It’s as if he were losing himself within that character only to reappear in all of them simultaneously during the quartets and to blend their individual vitality into one living organism. This is particularly and powerfully apparent at this point in the opera.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, Andrew, and all who tried."
+3
15 mins
German term (edited):
Lebens�u�erung
individual expression / individual expressivity
Some suggestions. A tough one!
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Nesrin
: 'individual expression' sounds good, I think.
6 mins
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| agree |
BrigitteHilgner
: I think "individual expression" is highly suitable in this context.
52 mins
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| agree |
Johanna Timm, PhD
4 hrs
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16 mins
German term (edited):
Lebens�u�erungen
pulse of life
the pulse of each life
a suggestion
a suggestion
+1
1 hr
Jonathan MacKerron
Native in English
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
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43
German term (edited):
Lebens�u�erungen
manifestation of life
Muret-Sanders
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Note added at 1 hr 15 mins (2005-02-28 16:58:51 GMT)
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\"expressions of life\" is simple yet effective
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Note added at 1 hr 15 mins (2005-02-28 16:58:51 GMT)
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\"expressions of life\" is simple yet effective
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