Handelian
Americanadjective
noun
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Wolfe lately has been producing large-scale, Handelian oratorios about neglected events in American history.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2020
It was funny, if not terribly Handelian, but pushing limits is what the ONE Festival is all about.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2018
The countertenor Iestyn Davies has made his career as a Handelian, but in “The Exterminating Angel” he plays an arrogant, idle aristocrat.
From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2017
At times, the repetitions are almost Handelian; but a more relevant comparison was supplied by a friend who invoked TS Eliot's verse fragment, Sweeney Agonistes, once set to music by John Dankworth.
From The Guardian • Aug. 13, 2012
The trial, however, was delayed, and the Handelian Commemoration came on.
From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 2 by Burney, Fanny
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