Give us an andante Maestoso movement, or a diminuendo rallentando that reaches the very climax and acme of slowness itself just before the applause comes!
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
At the close of the first piece, the 'Adagio Maestoso,' there was one universal shout of applause, which afforded an infinite relief to a most enthusiastic house that had held its breath for fifteen minutes.
"Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday"
Henry C. Lahee
Beethoven said of Klopstock's Messiah, "always Maestoso, written in D flat major."
"Essay on the Creative Imagination"
Th. Ribot