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 • Feb. 19, 2026

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

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