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Mozartian, a. and n.|məʊˈzɑːtɪən|
Also -ean.
[f. the name of the musician W. A. Mozart (1756–91) + -ian.]
Characteristic of the music of Mozart. Also as n., an admirer or adherent of Mozart; an interpreter of his works.
1845E. Holmes Mozart 272 The combination of playfulness and grace..imparts to ‘Figaro’..a more decided Mozartean character than any other of his works. 1881Athenæum 19 Feb. 273/1 The composer welds his themes together with absolute Mozartian ease and grace. 1898G. B. Shaw Perfect Wagnerite 114 The Mozartian method. 1947[see chromaticism]. 1947A. Einstein Mus. Romantic Era v. 44 Even in the 19th century there were still many..who demanded no more than that of music: they were the ‘Mozartians’, the opponents particularly of Wagner and Liszt. 1955Times 14 May 4/5 It was a curious whim that brought a Mozartian body all the way from Germany in order to play Beethoven's Eighth Symphony. 1958Spectator 10 Jan. 50/2 Despite one or two very lovely movements, this is only for the insatiable Mozartian. 1959Listener 15 Jan. 131/3 The Mozartian aristocracy has long disappeared [in Prague]. 196020th Cent. Aug. 141 A mood of carnival that one might call Mozartian. 1975Daily Tel. 1 May 13/8 Once again the young Jamaican Nerine Barrett proved last night a natural-born Mozartian.
Also Mozartiˈana n. pl. (ana suffix), minor works by Mozart; Moˈzartianly adv., in the manner or style of Mozart's music; Moˈzartish a., somewhat resembling the music of Mozart; Moˈzartism, partisanship of Mozart as against other composers; Mozart-lover; Mozart-like, -size adjs.
1825Lamb Lett. (1888) II. 132 My sister's cold is as obstinate as an old Handelian, whom a modern amateur is trying to convert to Mozart-ism. 1845E. Holmes Mozart 318 Why my productions take from my hand that particular form and style that makes them Mozartish..is probably owing to [etc.]. 1925W. de la Mare Two Tales 55 The Mozart-like light and sweetness. 1928Observer 24 June 23 The other three..give the elegant (and in the last movement Mozartianly deep) music an air of special distinction. 1955H. van Thal Fanfare for E. Newman x. 147 But he also thought the Finale of Beethoven's Eroica, with its ‘gentle Mozartisms’, unworthy of the rest. 1958Spectator 10 Jan. 50/2 A rarer contribution to recorded Mozartiana is the fifteen one-movement Church Sonatas for chamber orchestra and organ. 1959D. Cooke Lang. Mus. v. 236 True Mozart-lovers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Ibid. 245 Only those who have heard the work played in a small hall, by a Mozart-size orchestra with a handful of strings, can be said to have experienced the truly violent impact of the symphony. 1963Punch 3 Apr. 496/3 Così fan Tutte is..brightly and strongly though not always Mozartianly sung. |