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Beethovenian, a. and n.|ˌbeɪthəˈviːnɪən| [-ian.] A. adj. Of or pertaining to the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), his music and theories of musical composition. B. n. An admirer or adherent of Beethoven; an interpreter of his works.
1894G. B. Shaw in World 2 May 26/1 The Beethovenian music. 1947A. Einstein Music in Romantic Era ix. 90 Schubert..enlarged this ensemble along Beethovenian lines. 1947C. Gray Contingencies vi. 130 Many devout Beethovenians regard the last movement of the Ninth as the summit of the later master's achievement. 1958Times 10 Nov. 14/4 Miss Eleanor Fine..is an unstylish Bach pianist, and a capable but dull Beethovenian. Also Beethoveˈnesque a., resembling the style of Beethoven; ˈBeethovenish a., = Beethovenian a.; ˈBeethovenized ppl. a., made to resemble the style of Beethoven.
1879Grove Dict. Music I. 201/2 Some will find it hard to place the Quartet in F minor, which Mendelssohn thought the most Beethovenish of all Beethoven's works, in anything but the third style. 1927G. B. Shaw Pen Portraits & Reviews (1932) 35 Jazz, by the way, is the old dance band Beethovenized. 1935D. F. Tovey Ess. Mus. Anal. 86 The accompaniment of a very Beethovenish rhythm. 1955R. Blesh Shining Trumpets (ed. 3) v. 108 The harmonic changes, simple, rugged, and Beethovenesque. |