indirizzo

[Murphy]

Hello again,
I hope you still have your musical hats on.

In your opinion, what does "indirizzo" mean in this sentence?

Context: A music student and his teacher never talk about technique and the "mechanical" aspects of the study of music.
"Si discuteva di musica, di interpretazione, di indirizzo, di stile interpretativo. Ma il "lato pedagogico" proprio no."

"We discussed music, performance, direction (??) and interpretative style, but never the "pedagogic aspect". "

"Direction" is rather ambiguous, but so, for me, is the word "indirizzo". Does anyone know what it actually refers to?

Thanks

 

[elfa]

Hi Murph,

I think it indirizzo refers to the general musical slant as distinct from interpretative style - although the two are quite close.

Interpretative style refers to styles associated with the performance of different periods within classical music - Baroque, Classical etc e.g. accepted ways of playing Bach, Mozart etc and distinguishing between them.

Indirizzo means, I think, a more general interpretation - i.e. how the music goes, in terms of speed, general mood etc.

Does that make sense?

I might say: general musical direction - although I realise it's a bit long.

Anyway, maybe wait for confirmation from mother-tonguers.

 

[Murphy]

Thanks Elfa.

I've noticed in other threads that "indirizzo" can be used to indicate a particular area of study. I wonder if it might have the same meaning here...

 

[killerinstin71]

You're right, indirizzo has this meaning, a particular area of study.
For example you could study mathematics in general, but you could choose an educational indirizzo/address/direction (if you want to become a teacher in mathematics) or a research indirizzo/address/direction (if you want to work in the university), and so on.
In this case I think you should use this meaning for your translation, because I think the author of the sentence wanted to use this meaning.

In music I couldn't understand what's an "indirizzo". I think the author wanted to use an elegant style in writing, but he just repeated three times the same idea.

... di interpretazione, di indirizzo, di stile interpretativo...

They seem to be really the same.

 

[elfa]

I've noticed in other threads that "indirizzo" can be used to indicate a particular area of study. I wonder if it might have the same meaning here...

I know - "Indirizzo" can mean a particular area of study within a broader field, but here the sentence would have to refer to a specific piece of music that the two had been discussing. Instead, they seem to be discussing the a method of teaching in more general terms....