Handelian

American  

[han-dee-lee-uhn, han-de-lee-uhn] / hænˈdi li ən, hænˈdɛ li ən /

adjective

1. relating to or characteristic of the composer Handel.

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noun

Handelians plural

1. an admirer, imitator, or student of Handel or his music.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Handelians
  plural

Example Sentences

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There was even a patch of exhausting Handelian coloratura, a wink at the text’s account of a lover who “left me breathless,” and at a Costanzo specialty.

From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2022

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

With that brilliant Handelian Laurence Cummings conducting the Glyndebourne on Tour revival from October, it will grow into glory: book now.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 9, 2011

Yet Handel wrote fashionable music, and so much other of the music of that epoch is Handelian that it is often difficult to be sure where George Frederick left off and somebody else began.

From The Merry-Go-Round by Van Vechten, Carl

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 More, Hannah