Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
ornements
English translation:
ornamentation or embellishment
French term
ornements
Can anyone help me with the meaning of "ornements" here?
From a description of a dance show by Andrew Skeels
Très baroque mais hip hop, elle convoque des compositeurs comme Albinoni, Vivaldi et Haendel pour articuler un hybride chorégraphique entre tension et relâchement avec beaucoup d’ornements
Thanks
| 4 +7 | ornaments or embellishments |
Yvonne Gallagher
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| 3 | frills |
David Vaughn
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Apr 19, 2017 08:47: Yvonne Gallagher Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (1): philgoddard
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Proposed translations
Ireland
right word, right place. everytime
Native in: English (Variants: US, Canadian, Irish, UK) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
ornaments or embellishments
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Note added at 28 mins (2017-04-17 09:31:10 GMT)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornament_(music)
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Note added at 31 mins (2017-04-17 09:33:57 GMT)
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http://www.cosmovisions.com/musiOrnement.htm
http://musicofyesterday.com/historical-music-theory/list-and...
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Note added at 33 mins (2017-04-17 09:35:50 GMT)
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in this context you could also say
"with a lot of ornamentation"
https://www.britannica.com/art/ornamentation-music
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Note added at 1 day23 hrs (2017-04-19 08:47:03 GMT) Post-grading
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Glad to have helped. Yes, "ornamentation" works best both for music and choreography
frills
Gallagy's suggestion of Embellishment (perhaps the singular is better) would be better than ornamentation, avoiding some of the most obvious ambiguity.
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