maestoso
Americanadjective
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of maestoso
1715–25; < Italian: stately, majestic, equivalent to maest ( à ) (< Latin mājestās majesty ) + -oso -ose 1
Example Sentences
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The allegro first movement of the "Haffner," for example, is really more maestoso than the prescribed con spirito.
From Time Magazine Archive
This brings us to the last movement, andante maestoso.
From The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)
Just these three notes abound in the mystic first "prelude," and they are the core of the great swinging tune of the Andante maestoso, the beginning and main pulse of the unknown song.
From Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies by Goepp, Philip H.
A delicious scene this, and wonderfully contrasted to the sombre splendour of St. Claude, tenderest allegro after stateliest adagio maestoso, droppings of pearly rain after heavy thunder-claps.
From Holidays in Eastern France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda
It begins with the Hamlet theme, allegro maestoso, very bold and rhythmic, which suddenly breaks off with a pianissimo suggestion of "How shall I my true love know?"
From Shakespeare and Music by Wilson, Christopher
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