sans

Definition of the French term sans in music:

without

Language

French

French musical terms that include sans:

chanson sans paroles – song without words
chant sans paroles – song without words...
mais non sans pédale – but not without pedal
petit tambour sans timbre – piccolo snare drum without snares
presque sans ralentir – almost without slowing down
romance sans paroles – romance without words (instrumental piece in a lyr...
sans accompagnement – without accompaniment
sans arpéger – without arpeggiating (instruction to play the note...
sans baguette – without drumstick, without mallet
sans brutalité – without brutality
sans changement – no change
sans dureté – without harshness
sans étouffer le son – without dampening the sound
sans hâte – without haste
sans hautbois – without oboe
sans lenteur – without slowness
sans lourdeur – without heaviness, without weightiness
sans nuance – without nuance (very uniform)
sans nuances – without nuances (very uniform)
sans orgueil – without pride
sans paroles – without words
sans pédale – without pedal
sans pédale obligée – without obbligato pedal (without an independent an...
sans presser – without hurrying
sans ralentir – without slowing down
sans rallentando – without slowing down
sans reprise – without reprise
sans rigueur – without strictness
sans sécheresse – without dryness
sans sourdine – without mute...
sans symphonie – without orchestra (usually meaning with continuo o...
sans timbre – without pitch, without tone, without timbre
sans tirasse – without organ pedal coupler
sans trainer – without dragging
sans trompette – without trumpet
sans vibrato – without vibrato
sans vibrer – without vibrato

Music scores that include sans:

Charles Koechlin: Horn Sonata (1918‑25) Page 7
Claude Debussy: Estampes (1903) Page 1
Claude Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin (1909‑1910) Page 1
Claude Debussy: La mer (1903‑1905) Page 4
Claude Debussy: Rêverie (1890) Page 1
Hector Berlioz: Grande messe des morts (1837) Page 6
Jacques Ibert: Escales (1920‑1922) Page 7
Jules Massenet: Chanson de Capri (1872) Page 2
Matthijs Vermeulen: Cello Sonata No. 2 (1927‑38) Page 4
Reynaldo Hahn: 7 Chansons grises (1887‑1890) Page 3

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