Mannheim School

American  

noun

1. a group of musicians of the mid-18th century in Mannheim, Germany, notable for developing a style of orchestral composition and performance directly antecedent to and influential on the classical style of Haydn and Mozart.

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Mannheim School British  

/ ˈmænhaɪm /

noun

1. music a group of musicians and composers connected with the court orchestra at Mannheim during the mid-18th century, who evolved the controlled orchestral crescendo as well as a largely homophonic musical style

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Example Sentences

Richter’s representation pointed to the Mannheim School, a group of composers in 18th-century Germany who established the stylistic principles that ushered in music’s Classical era.

From New York Times

In the autumn there was appointed the first woman lecturer in a higher institution of learning,—this taking place in the Mannheim School of Commerce.

From Project Gutenberg