'Maestoso' (
IPA: [maʲ.es.ˈto.so]) is an
Italian musical term used as a directive to play a certain passage of music in a stately, dignified and majestic fashion. Relatively slow. Common examples of maestoso
tempo include
Elgar's ''
Land of Hope and Glory'' and the first
movement of both
Anton Bruckner's ''
Symphony No. 6'' and also in
Beethoven's ''
Symphony No. 9 in D minor''.