Handelian
Americanadjective
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Handelians
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The cast came from different vocal traditions, which, while occasionally jarring, kept the Handelian flow of arias exciting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2022
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
Elsewhere there are passages of Bach-like counterpoint, Handelian coloratura, simple lullaby and Modernist astringency, all unified by a stunned, inexorable dramatic momentum.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2013
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
To draw any parallel between the theft of such unattractive details in the grand and intensely Handelian scheme of Israel in Egypt and Buononcini’s alleged theft of a prize madrigal is merely ridiculous.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
Isabel Bayrakdarian was a thrilling soloist, and the Seattle Symphony played under the leadership of one of the leading Handelians of our time, Nicholas McGegan, a conductor whose concerts are never less than exhilarating.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2011
Ho declined, saying with great sang froid, "You know we are Handelians."
From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by Hannah More
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