Maestro

Roger Armbrust’s collection of 55 poems represents an extended love song for the world’s great classical composers. Many of the sonnets envision history’s maestros at some phase of their extraordinary lives. A few of the verses are celebrations of life which include a reverent mention of a master. Taken together, they convey the poet’s deep respect for these geniuses and the creative process. In one sonnet, he writes of Mendelssohn:

Sense of presence leading to reverence,

not so much awaking as reverie

evolving to understanding, essence

of living within all.

Armbrust conveys this mood of reverence, reverie, and understanding throughout this collection.