Stravinskian

American  

[struh-vin-skee-uhn] / strəˈvɪn ski ən /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or suggesting the composer Igor Stravinsky or his works.

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Etymology

Origin of Stravinskian

First recorded in 1920–25; Stravinsky + -an

Example Sentences

It’s about the texture of the harmonies, the rhythms, the quotations, the Stravinskian drive, the klezmer and Jewish melodic style.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2017

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

Orchestra Variations is a mesh of Stravinskian high bassoons, Reichian pulsations, tangled trumpet fanfares.

From The Guardian • Jan. 14, 2013

Completed in 1938, during his Neo-Classical period, it makes reference to Bach and filters the Baroque through a Stravinskian prism.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2012

Soberer pundits grumbled that Bart�k's score was a tricky jumble of Stravinskian boisterousness, sniffed that they preferred Szigeti's superb performances of Beethoven's A Minor Sonata and Bach's unaccompanied Chaconne.

From Time Magazine Archive