Beethovenian
Americanadjective
noun
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Shostakovich said only that the symphony was, in the Beethovenian manner, an overcoming of tragedy.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2024
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
He also retained the original program, which showcased two rhapsodic principal players, violinist Margaret Batjer and cellist Andrew Shulman in Brahms’ Double Concerto and ended in Beethovenian triumph with the Fifth Symphony.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2022
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
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