Bachiann.adj.
/ˈbɑːxɪən/ A. n.
One who admires or plays the music of Bach.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > music appreciation > music lover > [noun] > of specific composer
Handelian1762
Mozartian1838
Wagnerite1855
Brahmsite1881
Wagnerian1882
Wagnerist1891
Savoyard1893
Brahmsian1894
Bachian1920
Schoenbergian1920
Purcellian1922
Bartokian1923
Stravinskyite1924
Stravinskian1925
Mahlerite1926
Schubertian1928
Delian1933
Tchaikovskian1937
Beethovenian1947
Lisztian1947
Schumannite1947
Berliozian1951
Ravelian1951
Rachmaninovian1952
Hindemithian1954
Mahlerian1955
Mozart-lover1959
Straussian1959
Elgarian1972
Verdian1976
Dvořakian1977
Vivaldian1978
1920 E. Newman in Bach Festival Programme 16 Apr. 5 It appears to be rooted in the nature of things that the true Bachian shall be a little condescending towards Handel.
1963 Times 1 Apr. 14/1 Dr...Lofthouse is..one of our senior Bachians. He has taken part in performances of the Passions and the B minor Mass.
1975 New Yorker 12 May 130/3 Wise Bachians, knowing that the matter of each cantata arises from the Gospel of the day for which it was written, and that words and music must be followed together, would have come armed with texts.
B. adj.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of J. S. Bach or his music.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > composer > [adjective] > specific composer
Purcellian1698
Handelian1770
Rossinian1823
Mozartian1828
Weberian1830
Mendelssohnian1851
Offenbachian1857
Schubertian1866
Mozart-like1870
Wagnerian1873
Brahmsite1878
Beethovenish1879
Meyerbeerian1880
Wagneresque1884
Brahmsian1887
Dvořakian1888
Mendelssohnic1889
Beethovenian1890
Lisztian1890
Elgarian1906
Puccinian1906
Palestrinian1908
Berliozian1910
Straussian1910
Schoenbergian1912
Pucciniesque1917
Chopinesque1920
Ravelian1924
Delian1925
Beethovenized1927
Rachmaninovian1927
Bartokian1929
Sibelian1935
Webernish1938
Mahlerian1939
Hindemithian1941
Bachian1945
Tchaikovskian1945
Metastasian1947
Monteverdian1947
Schumannesque1947
Stravinskian1947
Verdian1947
Webernesque1947
Mahlerish1949
Vivaldian1952
Beethovenesque1955
Meyerbeerish1962
1945 A. Mendel & N. Broder tr. A. Einstein Mozart xii. 206 The lessons in Bachian polyphony have borne fruit.
1960 News Chron. 6 June 3/1 Polyphonic meshes that are..supremely Bachian.
1971 Daily Tel. 16 Aug. 6/3 The music is neither pre-Beethoven nor particularly Bachian.
1980 Early Music 8 53/1 Of course, Weiss' counterpoint cannot approach Bach's, and Weiss wrote only for lute, but the ‘Bachian gravity’ in his works is a very salient characteristic.
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