magistral

Example Sentences

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He is undoubtedly the most magistral theorist of the day.

From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul

His descriptions have the magistral ampleness of a gesture indicating the sweep of a vast horizon. 

From Notes on Life and Letters by Conrad, Joseph

Your B-minor sonata, however unsatisfactory its actual quality, remains one of the magistral works of the sort.

From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul

A glance at any of the plans that have already been shown will show that hitherto the crests of parapets had always been traced parallel to the escarp or magistral line.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various

If he was less accomplished, less resourceful and magistral an artist than Strawinsky, for instance, whom he resembles in a certain general way, he was at least a more human, a more passionate being.

From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul