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Maestro means "master
Master

Master or Masters may refer to:...
" or "teacher
Teacher

In education, a teacher is a person who teaches. A teacher who teaches an individual student may also be described as a personal tutor.The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out by way of Occupation or Profession at a school or other place of formal education....
" in Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
 and Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
. The term is most commonly used in the context of Western classical music
Classical music

Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of Western art history Religious music and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 9th century to present times....
 and opera
Opera

Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
. This is associated with the ubiquitous use of Italian vocabulary for classical music terms
Italian musical terms used in English

A great many musical terms are in Italian language. It shouldn't be surprising that so many musical terms are Italian language, since many of the most important early composers in the renaissance music period were Italy, and that period is when numerous musical indications were used extensively for the first time....
. Composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
s, music director
Music director

A music director is a profession in different fields....
s, conductors and music teacher
Music education

Music education is a field of study associated with the teaching and learning of music. More than merely teaching notes and rhythms, music education seeks to develop the whole person....
s are all frequently given the titles.

In the Italian opera world, the term is not only used for the conductor, but also for musicians who act as répétiteur
Répétiteur

R?p?titeur , repetitore , or Korrepetitor / Repetitor , originally from the French language verb r?p?ter meaning "to repeat, to go over, to learn, to rehearsal"....
s and assistant conductors during performances (maestro sostituto or maestro collaboratore).






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Maestro means "master
Master

Master or Masters may refer to:...
" or "teacher
Teacher

In education, a teacher is a person who teaches. A teacher who teaches an individual student may also be described as a personal tutor.The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out by way of Occupation or Profession at a school or other place of formal education....
" in Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
 and Spanish
Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian is a Romance languages that originated in northern Spain, and gradually spread in the Kingdom of Castile and evolved into the principal language of government and trade....
. The term is most commonly used in the context of Western classical music
Classical music

Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in, or rooted in the traditions of Western art history Religious music and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 9th century to present times....
 and opera
Opera

Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
. This is associated with the ubiquitous use of Italian vocabulary for classical music terms
Italian musical terms used in English

A great many musical terms are in Italian language. It shouldn't be surprising that so many musical terms are Italian language, since many of the most important early composers in the renaissance music period were Italy, and that period is when numerous musical indications were used extensively for the first time....
. Composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
s, music director
Music director

A music director is a profession in different fields....
s, conductors and music teacher
Music education

Music education is a field of study associated with the teaching and learning of music. More than merely teaching notes and rhythms, music education seeks to develop the whole person....
s are all frequently given the titles.

In the Italian opera world, the term is not only used for the conductor, but also for musicians who act as répétiteur
Répétiteur

R?p?titeur , repetitore , or Korrepetitor / Repetitor , originally from the French language verb r?p?ter meaning "to repeat, to go over, to learn, to rehearsal"....
s and assistant conductors during performances (maestro sostituto or maestro collaboratore). Even the prompter (maestro suggeritore) can be referred to by this title. (There is no agreement on how to address a woman conductor, as the feminate equivalent maestra connotes "schoolmistress" in Italian.)

There are similar concepts in many other cultures of the world; for example, a traditional term of respect for a master of Persian classical / traditional music is the Persian word "ostad".

Usage outside music


By extension, it is used in English to designate a master in an artistic field, usually someone with strong knowledge who instructs others in the field, though the term may sometimes be conferred through sheer respect for an artist's works. The word is sometimes used in fine arts such as painting
Painting

Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . In art, the term describes both the act and the result, which is called a painting....
 and sculpture
Sculpture

Sculpture is Three-dimensional space artwork created by shaping or combining hard and or plastic material, sound, and or text and or light, commonly Stone sculpture , metal, glass, or wood....
, though there "master", as in Old Master
Old Master

"Old Master" is a term for a European painting of skill who worked before about 1800, or a painting by such a painter. An "old master print" is an original printmaking made by an artist in the same period....
, is far more common. Maestro is used in the sport of fencing
Fencing

Fencing is a family of sports and activities that feature armed combat involving cutting, stabbing, or slapping Club ing weapons that are directly manipulated by hand, rather than shot, thrown or positioned....
, for a fencing instructor, and may be used in other sports to convey respect for an individual's skill.

See also

  • Pandit
  • Pangrawit