Handelian
Americanadjective
noun
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The cast came from different vocal traditions, which, while occasionally jarring, kept the Handelian flow of arias exciting.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2022
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
Elsewhere there are passages of Bach-like counterpoint, Handelian coloratura, simple lullaby and Modernist astringency, all unified by a stunned, inexorable dramatic momentum.
From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2013
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
When the question arose how a musical entertainment of this kind could be managed in Lent without protests from the bishop of London, Handelian oratorio came into being as a matter of course.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
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