Handelian

American  

[han-dee-lee-uhn, han-de-lee-uhn] / hænˈdi li ən, hænˈdɛ li ən /

adjective

1. relating to or characteristic of the composer Handel.

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noun

plural

Handelians

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

Example Sentences

Wolfe lately has been producing large-scale, Handelian oratorios about neglected events in American history.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2020

It was funny, if not terribly Handelian, but pushing limits is what the ONE Festival is all about.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2018

Never beset by false modesty, Schoenberg stated that his quixotic, Handelian re-arrangement, Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra, was "mainly intent on removing the defects of the Handelian style".

From The Guardian • Apr. 14, 2013

In the end the production almost converted a skeptic, and that is a Handelian outcome.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2011

But when speaking of the rendition of Handelian arias, he evidently uses the term vibrato in the same sense as Sieber does tremolando.

From Sixty Years of California Song by Alverson, Margaret Blake