pesante – Definition in music

Definition of the Italian term pesante in music:

heavy, weighty

Language

Italian

Singular

pesante

Plural

pesanti

Abbreviation

pes.

Italian musical terms that include pesante:

adagio pesante – slow and heavy...
energico e pesante – energetic and heavy
espressivo e pesante – expressive and heavy
grave e pesante – serious and heavy
grazioso ma poco pesante – graceful but somewhat heavy
largo e pesante – slow and heavy...
maestoso e pesante – majestic and heavy
marcato e pesante – accented and heavy
moderato pesante – moderate tempo and heavy...
molto pesante – very heavy
poco pesante – a little heavy
sostenuto e pesante – sustained (in duration) and heavy
staccato e pesante – staccato (short and detached notes) and heavy
un poco pesante – somewhat heavy

Music scores that include pesante:

Béla Bartók: Allegro barbaro (1911) Page 2
Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (1847) Page 1
Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 (1949‑1961) Page 3
Franz Liszt: Totentanz (1847–53) Page 1
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No. 1 (1835) Page 1
Frédéric Chopin: Fantaisie-impromptu (1834‑1835) Page 3
Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 5 (1902) Page 4
Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor (1708) Page 1
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 (1888) Page 1
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto (1919) Page 1

Italian musical terms related to pesante:

pesantemente – heavily, weightily
pesato – weighed
ponderoso – weighty, heavy
stentando – labored, heavy, struggling...
stentato – labored, heavy, struggling...