triste – Definition in music

Definition of the French term triste in music:

sad, sorrowful, mournful

Language

French

Singular

triste

Plural

tristes

French musical terms that include triste:

chanson triste – sad song
chant triste – sad song...
lent et triste – slow and sad
un peu triste – a little sad, somewhat sad

Music scores that include triste:

Erik Satie: Gymnopédie No. 1 (1888) Page 5
Reynaldo Hahn: 7 Chansons grises (1887‑1890) Page 1

French musical terms related to triste:

angoisse – anguish, distress, anxiety
dolent – mournful, plaintive
douloureux – painful
mélancolie – melancholy
mélancolique – melancholic, sad
non plaintif – not plaintive, not mournful
peine – pain, sadness, sorrow...
plainte – complaint...
plaintif – plaintive, mournful
plaintivement – plaintively, mournfully
pleurant – crying, weeping, mourning
souffrance – suffering, pain
tristement – sadly
tristesse – sadness