Beethovenian
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Beethovenians
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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
As such, nothing could be more Beethovenian, even when it came to rewriting the libretto, altering the structure of the opera or adapting the score.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2022
Rather than a Beethovenian transformation of dark to light, these are relative values.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2020
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 Edward Dannreuther
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