maestoso

American  

[mahy-stoh-soh, mah-es-taw-saw] / maɪˈstoʊ soʊ, ˌmɑ ɛsˈtɔ sɔ /

adjective

1. with majesty; stately (used as a musical direction).

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maestoso British  

/ maɪˈstəʊsəʊ /

adjective

1. to be performed majestically

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noun

1. a piece or passage directed to be played in this way

Etymology

Origin of maestoso

1715–25; < Italian: stately, majestic, equivalent to maest ( à ) (< Latin mājestās majesty ) + -oso -ose ¹

Example Sentences

And in the start of the Rimsky-Korsakov on Thursday — this movement marked “maestoso,” or majestically — the huge brass statements burst out with saber-rattling strength but little majesty.

From New York Times

Kogan certainly made an excitingly cogent case for it, pressing the tempos forward urgently, letting it get wild and woolly in the right convulsive spots, with all heroic flags waving in the final Maestoso section.

From Los Angeles Times

But rather than the heavy-handed monumentality favored by so many accounts several decades ago — which exaggerate the “majestic” in the composer’s directive “un poco maestoso” — Morlot elicited a revelatory transparency of texture in the first movement.

From Seattle Times

In fact, Ms. Ercolani and Mr. Maestoso, who host three to four meals a week through Feastly, are considering making it their full-time job.

From New York Times

There is a sudden pause, and in the succeeding maestoso episode the second voice is heard—Nature's Hymn: Der pr�cht'ge Ocean ...

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