Feb 5, 2020 10:27
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Italian term

voce celeste

Italian to English Art/Literary Music an opera lirica in a church
My client writes: "in musica è normalmente indicato come registro d'organo, ma nell'opera in musica così veniva definita una voce di soprano che cantava quasi "fuori scena" o posizionata in alto così che la voce scendesse effettivamente come un suono celeste; nel nostro caso non ho potuto posizionare la soprano in locazioni strane nel Santuario per il problema della registrazione, ma la parte è stata pensata così in vari punti del Requiem. Potrebbe essere tradotta con Celestial Voice? Il registro d'organo verrebbe tradotto o rimarrebbe con il proprio nome? E' una qualifica per la voce di Soprano utilizzata in un certo modo.."
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Discussion

Anthony Green (asker) Feb 6, 2020:
Yes, Phil, she's clearly making reference to the organ pipes up on high
philgoddard Feb 5, 2020:
Thanks! I wonder whether, as in your other question about "clear percussion", the writer is using words slightly oddly. Singers are defined by the pitch and timbre of their voices, not their position in the room.
Anthony Green (asker) Feb 5, 2020:
here you go, though ... I fear it won't be much help! Una partitura densa e potente nella scrittura, ma contraddistinta da un'intensa liricità e scelte ritmiche contemporanee che prendono vita grazie alla presenza di tre Cantanti solisti (Voce Celeste, Tenore e Basso), un Coro Polifonico misto, un Coro di Voci Bianche e un'Orchestra di venticinque musicisti.
philgoddard Feb 5, 2020:
I assume this is your client's response to a question, since it doesn't contain the phrase. Could we have the sentence you're translating, please.

Proposed translations

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voix céleste

The organ stop is definitely known as 'voix céleste'. I haven't come across it used to refer to a signer before, but I found this at the page linked below: "At the close, up on high in more senses than one, Sarah Tynan’s Voix céleste summoned the soul of Marguerite to heaven in tones both alluring and pure."

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Sorry, "singer"!
Note from asker:
I can see good arguments for both heavenly voice and voix céleste, but the client went for this one
Peer comment(s):

agree Charlotte Fleming
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heavenly voice

Would be my suggestion

Conversations with Angels: Essays Towards a History of ...
Joad Raymond - 2011 - ‎History
He assigns these words to two sopranos, which he describes as 'voce celeste' (heavenly voice), and specifies their placement as 'lontano e ascosto' (far away ...
httpartemisia.wordpress.com › 2019/03/31 › voce-c...
Voce celeste-Voz celestial-Heavenly voice. – ArteMisia.

Mar 31, 2019 - Voce celeste. Là dove il cielo tocca la cima dei monti si sentono le voci delle nubi. Cantano tutte insieme l' inno del tuono che fa posare la ...

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https://books.google.be/books?id=dKvAXt5gDboC&pg=PA243&lpg=P...

https://httpartemisia.wordpress.com/2019/03/31/voce-celeste-...
Note from asker:
Thanks to everyone involved!
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : Or celestial. I don't see any reason to say it in French - I did this at Covent Garden when I was a kid, and we were called the heavenly choir.
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agree-celestial would work too. the heavenly voice in Don Carlo?
agree Vojislava Jankovic (X)
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celestial voice

Voice of angels. Singing like an angel.
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