Examples of maestro

• There is not too much of that here, as quote after quote is uncritically used to explain the motives of the maestro and his music.

• The eight were the two supervisors (maestros), the vigilante and the three machinists.

• The priest's intellectual influence would be usurped by the maestro, a ' cultural missionary ' who would preach the new values - work, patriotism, unity - on which national progress depended.

• The bakery owners had the support of most maestros, while the vast pool of unemployed labour in the city meant that most workers were easily replaceable.

• Beeching took over, the deficit went up, so we can see that factors are at work which are beyond the control of even that maestro.

• By the standards of what we heard later, it was the performance of a maestro.

• By 1817, he had become the city's "maestro concertatore" (music director).

• An amusing monodrama for a bass-baritone, the opera portrays a pompous maestro rehearsing an orchestra, often imitating the sound of the instruments.