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Beethovenian

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

adjective

  1. relating to or characteristic of the composer Beethoven.


noun

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

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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

Originally devised in 2018 by the company’s artistic director, Ethan Heard, this is a Beethovenian response to Black Lives Matter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2022

There is no more wigged-out Beethovenian than Barry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2020

As to the coyer subtleties of the score, their discovery provides fresh interest for repeated hearings, giving The Ring a Beethovenian inexhaustibility and toughness of wear.

From The Perfect Wagnerite, Commentary on the Ring by Bernard Shaw

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