Stravinskian
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Stravinskian
First recorded in 1920–25; Stravinsky + -an
Example Sentences
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An instrumental sextet — violin, clarinet, trumpet, percussion, prominent accordion and piano — sound just right, be it one minute Mexican, the next Stravinskian.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2017
Copland’s “Appalachian Spring” was fresh and sturdy, full of life and with a striking, Stravinskian bite.
From New York Times ● Jul. 5, 2015
Orchestra Variations is a mesh of Stravinskian high bassoons, Reichian pulsations, tangled trumpet fanfares.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 14, 2013
Menotti’s music alternates between Stravinskian Neo-Classicism and his own brand of supersaturated lyricism.
From New York Times ● Jun. 3, 2011
A skillfully concocted olla podrida of Latin American nightclub idioms sizzling in Stravinskian sauce with occasional Straussian dumplings.
From Time Magazine Archive
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