Beethovenian
Americanadjective
noun
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In the Schubert, Nézet-Séquin went for bold Beethovenian effects that strained Schubert’s score.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025
Yet each has also done the opposite: Schubert, in his aptly nicknamed “Great” Symphony, with its Beethovenian heft, for example, and Adès in his hypnotic and weightless “Paradiso” section of “Dante.”
From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2024
In Uchida’s hands, that finale — in Beethovenian fashion, a journey from profound despair to euphoric heights — achieved a kind of holy grandeur.
From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2023
There is no more wigged-out Beethovenian than Barry.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2020
Now, how does the true Beethovenian Allegro appear with regard to this?
From On Conducting (Üeber Das Dirigiren) : a Treatise on Style in the Execution of Classical Music, by Dannreuther, Edward
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