Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

salió del esplendor

English translation:

This group of talented Spanish soloists burst onto the scene and made an immediate impact.

Added to glossary by Lisa McCarthy
Apr 4, 2013 11:20
11 yrs ago
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Spanish term

salió del esplendor

Spanish to English Art/Literary Music Review of pianist
Not feeling inspired today! Not sure of the meaning of 'salió' here. Help would be appreciated.


Nueva generación de clásicos

Se les conoce como la quinta del 85. Son solistas españoles, músicos brillantes con gran porvenir. Una hornada que "salió del esplendor". Ahora, afrontan con paso firme y herramientas propias la crisis y atesoran éxito internacional.

Discussion

Charles Davis Apr 4, 2013:
I've been puzzling over this one. What could they mean by "salir del esplendor"? I wonder, first, whether there is an allusion here to a Spanish version of the Transitus Mariae (though I've haven't been able to find an English version of this exact text):
"Bendito sea el Señor, que ha enviado a su Hijo, que lo ha hecho salir del esplendor de la luz"
http://www.patristica.info/pdf/tmariae/tmariae1.pdf

The other point, following on from that, is that I wonder if it might allude to the brilliance of the older Spanish pianists who paved the way for members of the generation of 85: Alicia de Larrocha herself, also Joaquín Achúcarro, and (the greatest of them all, in my opinion) Rafael Orozco.

Proposed translations

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Spanish term (edited): Una hornada que salió del esplendor.
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This group of talented musicians burst onto the scene and made an immediate impact.

The intended sense here seems to be that the emergence of this group of talented musicians had an electrifying effect on the contemporary classical music scene in Spain.

I don't see where anything resembling a literal translation works here.

Suerte.

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Addendum:

The other important idea here is that this group comprised especially brilliant musicians who all emerged at the same time.
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rose from the splendor

Fits in this context.
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born of brilliance

Hi Lisa,
A generation "born of brilliance"
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