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[French, from Italian bagatella, diminutive of dialectal bagata, little property, possibly from Latin bāca, berry.]
A title, first found in Couperin, for a short, light piece. Most later examples, notably those by Beethoven and Bartók, are for piano solo; others include six by Webern for string quartet.
A short light or whimsical piece, usually written for piano.
The pianist played the difficult bagatelle with surprising ease.
A bagatelle is a short piece of music, typically for the piano, and usually of a light, mellow character. The name bagatelle literally means a "trifle", as a reference to the innocent character of the piece.
The earliest bagatelle with that name was by François Couperin, in his tenth harpsichord ordre, in which a rondeau was entitled Les bagatelles.
The best known bagatelles are probably those by Ludwig van Beethoven, who wrote three sets, Opus 33, Opus 119 and Opus 126, and the WoO 59 "Bagatelle in A minor", better known as Für Elise. Other notable examples are Franz Liszt's Bagatelle sans tonalité (an early exploration into atonality), the set by Antonín Dvořák for two violins, cello and harmonium (opus 47), and sets by Bedřich Smetana, Tcherepnin's Bagatelles, Saint-Saëns, and Jean Sibelius. In the 20th century, several composers have written sets, including Béla Bartók, who wrote a set of fourteen (opus 6); Anton Webern, wrote a set of six for string quartet (opus 9); Gerald Finzi, who wrote Five Bagatelles for clarinet and piano. Antonio Diabelli also wrote a Bagatelle in a short, happy form. Camille Saint-Saëns wrote six Bagatelles, Op. 3. William Walton also wrote Five Bagatelles for Guitar, which has been recorded by several eminent classical guitarists, including Julian Bream and Ana Vidovic.
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kuglespil, bagatel
Nederlands (Dutch)
kleinigheid, bagatel, flipper-/ biljartspel
Français (French)
n. - bagatelle, (Mus) divertissement, billard anglais, billard à blouse
Deutsch (German)
n. - Kleinigkeit, Geringfügigkeit
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ασήμαντο πράγμα, είδος μπιλιάρδου
Português (Portuguese)
n. - bagatela (f), espécie (f) de jogo (m) de bilhar
Русский (Russian)
биллиард, багатель
Español (Spanish)
n. - bagatela, pequeñez, fruslería, composición musical corta, billar inglés
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bagatell
中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
微不足道的东西, 小事, 琐事
中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 微不足道的東西, 小事, 瑣事
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 하찮은 것, 바가텔 놀이(일종의 당구놀이), 피아노 소곡
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - つまらないもの, バガテル
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) لعبه تشبه البلياردو, شي تافه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - דבר קל-ערך, זוטה
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