Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective In a majestic and stately manner. Used chiefly as a direction.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In music, with dignity or majesty; majestically.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Mus.) Majestic or majestically; -- a direction to perform a passage or piece of music in a dignified manner.
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- adverb music
majestically
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The climactic duet, which Tchaikovsky composed as a thrilling "andante maestoso," becomes, in Mr. Ratmansky's choreography, a tricky, almost quirky dance that eschews the expected formal, classical-ballet decorum for acrobatic movements.
A Mouse in the House Robert Greskovic 2010
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Tchaikovsky's "andante maestoso" reaches its full soaring heights with Mr. Morris's choreography riding the crest.
A Suite That Cracks the Tchaikovsky Code Robert Greskovic 2010
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Now she appears alone in this live recording from Prague's major concert venue, the Rudolfinum, dazzling in the Brahms Sonata No 3, demanding attention in the opening allegro maestoso and taking the "allegro energico" marking of the scherzo more than literally.
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I ought to be rehearsing since I'm due to record Paganini the second violin concerto, this is with the Philharmonic in less than three weeks and the Allegro maestoso has been giving me some trouble.
A Traitor to Memory George, Elizabeth 2001
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A.r. for unison or four part chorus by N.A. M. A.legro maestoso
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_Andante maestoso_ -- moderately slow, and majestically.
Music Notation and Terminology Karl Wilson Gehrkens 1928
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The introductory Largo maestoso opens with a figure of striking aspect, like a clenched, upraised fist.
Edward MacDowell Porte, John F 1922
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This music is exquisite, wondrously exquisite, and it is followed by a maestoso e solenne movement of unsurpassable majesty.
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The tragic note is sounded, with impressive authority and force, in the brief introduction, _largo maestoso_.
Edward MacDowell Lawrence Gilman 1908
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The tragic note is sounded, with impressive authority and force, in the brief introduction, largo maestoso.
Edward MacDowell Gilman, Lawrence, 1878-1939 1908
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