gran – Definition in music

Definition of the Italian term gran in music:

great, large, big

Language

Italian

Italian musical terms that include gran:

adagio con gran affetto – slowly with great affection...
adagio con gran espressione – slowly with great expression...
ciaramella gran basso – great bass shawm
con gran bravura – with great skill
flauto dolce gran basso – great bass recorder (recorder whose lowest note is...
gran affetto – great affection
gran cassa – orchestral bass drum (large bass drum played with ...
gran coro – full organ (with all or most of the organ stops dr...
gran espressione – great expression
gran gusto – great taste
gran ripieno – full organ (with all or most of the organ stops dr...
largo con gran espressione – slow with great expression...
lento con gran espressione – slow with great expression...
pianoforte gran coda – grand piano with a depth of more than 2.40 m

Music scores that include gran:

Alfredo Casella: Symphony No. 2 (1908‑10) Page 1
Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 (1901) Page 1
Franz Liszt: Totentanz (1847–53) Page 1
Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (1896) Page 2
Gioachino Rossini: The Barber of Seville (1816) Page 1
Jean Sibelius: Finlandia (1900) Page 1
Johann Strauss I: Radetzky March (1848) Page 2
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture (1880) Page 2
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (1875‑76) Page 14

Italian musical terms related to gran:

grande – great, large, full
grandezza – grandeur, greatness
grosso – great, large, big...
maggiore – major (type of key, chord, or scale)...
magno – great, mighty
sommo – highest, greatest, utmost