maestoso

Definitions

Examples

• An Introduction, maestoso, followed by something mystical (Kents Prediction).

• He is so restless; and he always begins too far away, from on high down; always Maestoso, D-flat major!

• The second air is a long bravura song in one movement (allegro maestoso) in the grand style.

• The maestoso which ushers in the Allegro of the last sonata contains foreshadowings which are better felt than explained.

• The allegro maestoso of former years has changed to an adagio, and, as Rubinstein aptly writes, it is "not the same."