Beethovenian

American  

[bay-toh-veen-ee-uhn] / ˌbeɪ toʊˈvin i ən /

adjective

1. relating to or characteristic of the composer Beethoven.

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noun

plural

Beethovenians

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

Example Sentences

In the popular overture, elicitation of tumult concludes, with startling exhilaration, in the kind of grand Beethovenian triumph that never fails to excite.

From Los Angeles Times

In the Schubert, Nézet-Séquin went for bold Beethovenian effects that strained Schubert’s score.

From Los Angeles Times

Shostakovich said only that the symphony was, in the Beethovenian manner, an overcoming of tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times

She played with a Buddha-like calm, alleviating Beethovenian angst with a kind of exquisite pianistic deep breathing.

From Los Angeles Times

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