mesure
Definition of the French term mesure in music:
- time, tempo
- bar (British English), measure (American English)
- metre (British English), meter (American English) (the systematic organisation of rhythmic pulses of different emphases in music or poetry)
- measurement
Language
French
Singular
mesure
Plural
mesures
Combinations
French musical terms that include mesure:
Musical examples
Music scores that include mesure:
- Gabriel Fauré: Madrigal (1883) Page 5
- Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (1830) Page 7
- José Ferrer: L’Étudiant de Salamanque (1898) Page 3
- Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte (1899) Page 1