Handelian
Americanadjective
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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
Mr. Corigliano, who has been known to reconfigure works in his back catalog with a Handelian efficiency, had already written a piece he thought could be useful.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2011
Handelian opera has often been described as a concert in costume, and Dr. Burney, writing as late as 1789, both admits this description and defends it.
From Handel by Dent, Edward J.
Isabel Bayrakdarian was a thrilling soloist, and the Seattle Symphony played under the leadership of one of the leading Handelians of our time, Nicholas McGegan, a conductor whose concerts are never less than exhilarating.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2011
Ho declined, saying with great sang froid, "You know we are Handelians."
From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by More, Hannah
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