magistral

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The rhythmic element, already fresh and free in the scherzo of "L'Oiseau de feu" and throughout "Petruchka," attains virile and magistral might in it, surges and thunders with giant vigor.

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

"If I discover the magistral force, I shall be able to create."

From The Alkahest by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

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

A little calcined iron pyrites, called magistral, is also added.

From Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers by Bulfinch, Thomas

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