grad weise (grad'-vis-e) Ger. adv

By degrees; gradually. An opera of high musical character, grail (gral) Early Eng. sung throughout, and accompanied by A song-service book. See gradual. a full orchestra. It has full choruses, graillement (gre-yu-man) Fr. n. finales, arias, recitatives and all varie- A hoarse sound, ties of duets, trios and quartets. Its grammar plot is dignified and usually of a The rules and principles on which serious nature. There is harmonious the composition of music is based. co-operation between the lines of the grammatical accent plot, the music and the scenic effects A stre or accent falling regularly upon the stage. upon the first note of every measure, The action of the drama is never gran (gran) It. adj. checked nor veiled by the charm of Great; grand, the music, but the music must illusgran ca a (gran kas'-sa) It. trate the emotional course and effects The large or ba drum, of the drama, and aid in the develop gran gusto (gran goos'-to') It. ment of the plot. The orchestra plays In a very elegant manner, a most important part in interpreting gran prova (gran rehearsal. pro'-va) It. the drama, for it not only reflects the A full or final moods of the characters, but by use grand action, of motives, it suggests past incidents The mechanism of a grand piano, or anticipates coming events. which is practically the same as that grand orchestre (grafi-dor-kestr) Fr. of any piano. See also pianoforte. The full or entire orchestra. grand barre (gran'-bar-ra) Fr. grand orgue (gran-dorg) Fr. Pre ing a finger of the left hand 1. Full organ or all pipes combined. upon all the strings of a guitar at 2. A great organ or principal keyonce to raise their pitch. board to which are connected the grand bourdon (grafi boor-don') Fr. most powerful pipes and the stops An organ stop composed of pipes having the most extended compa . having a very deep pitch and con- 3. Pipe-organ. Abbr. G. org. nected with the pedals. grand pianoforte grand chantre (gran shantr) Fr. A piano in a three-cornered case, The leader of a church choir, so shaped as to accommodate the grand chbeur (grafi ktir) Fr. strings J-o best advantage. Hence, Full organ; that is, all the stops this piano is the best instrument of together. the kind and produces the finest tone, grand choir grand sillet (gran se-ya) Fr. The combined use of all the reed Large nut; situated at the tail piece, stops in an organ. or lower end of the violin. grand cornet grand sonata In the organ a stop consisting of An enlarged sonata, containing all pipes furnished with reeds and pro the proper movements to their fullest ducing atone similar in quality to that extent. of the cornet. The lowest tone of grand stave which this stop is capable is C three octaves below middle C. The enlarged musical staff consisting of eleven lines. It has been in grand jeu (grafi zhxi) Fr. use for many generations, having been _ A direction found on organ scores, used in Italy in 1729. The clefs never indicating that all the draw stops are change their places. The lower five to be drawn, in order to secure the lines represent the ba staff and the effect of all the pipes sounding together. upperdle C is five written lines the treble staff. Midon the sixth line. 253 234 grande grande (grand) Fr. adj. grave ment (grav-mafi) Fr. adv. grande (gran'-de) It. adj. gravemente Gravely; heavily; sedately, It. adv. (gra-ve-men'-tS) Great; grand, grec grande me e (grand ma ) Fr. gravezza High Ma ; the Roman Catholic Gravity; (gra-ved'-za) It. n. weight; solemnity, ma accompanied by music and grav i cembalo (gra-ve-cham'-ba-lo) It. incense; it is celebrated on Sun days, feast-days and holidays, gravicembolo (gra-ve-cham'-bo-lo) It. grande mesure a deux temps (grand The old name for harpsichord, mu-ziir a du tan) Fr. n. Common or two-part time; that is, gravis (gra'-vis) Lat. adj. Heavy; ponderous: one of the two beats to the measure. Marked ecclesiastical accents used in reciting 2 or 2 the gospels and epistles, indicating 2 4 that the voice should fall an interval grandezza of seven half steps. Greatne ;(gran-dSd'-za) It. n. grandeur; dignity, adj. gravis on ante (gra-vi-so-nan'-tS) It. grandioso (gran-di-6'-so) It. adj. Grand; noble. Abbr. gran do. Loud-sounding.