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bag·a·telle (băg'ə-tĕl')  |
[French, from Italian bagatella, diminutive of dialectal bagata, little property, possibly from Latin bāca, berry.]
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(bag-uh-TEL)
noun
1. Something unimportant.
2. A kind of pinball game in which balls are struck with a cue to send them to holes at the other end.
3. A short, light piece of verse or music.
Etymology
From French bagatelle (trifle), from Italian bagattella (trifle), possibly from Latin baca (berry)
| Music Encyclopedia: Bagatelle |
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.
| Music: Bagatelle |
A short light or whimsical piece, usually written for piano.
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The pianist played the difficult bagatelle with surprising ease.
| Wikipedia: Bagatelle (music) |
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 use of the name "bagatelle" for a musical work 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by Ludwig van Beethoven, who published three sets, Opp. 33, 119 and 126, and wrote a number of similar works that were unpublished in his lifetime including the piece that is popularly known as Für Elise.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 (Op. 47), and sets by Bedřich Smetana, Alexander Tcherepnin and Jean Sibelius. Anton Diabelli also wrote a Bagatelle in a short, happy form. Camille Saint-Saëns wrote Six Bagatelles, Op. 3. In the 20th century, several composers have written sets, including Béla Bartók, who wrote a set of fourteen (Op. 6); Anton Webern, who wrote a set of six for string quartet (Op. 9); and Gerald Finzi, who wrote Five Bagatelles for clarinet and piano. Another canonical modern bagatelle is the set by György Ligeti, who originally composed Six Bagatelles for piano, and then later arranged them for wind quintet in 1953 (Bagatelles for Wind Quintet). William Walton also wrote Five Bagatelles for Guitar, which has been recorded by several eminent classical guitarists, including Julian Bream, Sharon Isbin, Christopher Parkening, and Ana Vidović. The American composer Charles Wuorinen wrote a Bagatelle for solo piano, which he later orchestrated. The Australian composer Carl Vine also wrote Five Bagatelles for Piano (1994), which are quite frequently performed at piano competitions, especially in Australia.
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| Translations: Bagatelle |
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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