unpianisticadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnpɪəˈnɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌənpiəˈnɪstɪk/ Music.
Not well suited for performance on the piano.
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1853 Morning Post 26 Dec. 2/2 The arrangement is by no means un-pianistic.
1919 J. Gordon How to Publish your Own Music Successfully v. 40 It is possible to write music that is ‘unpianistic’, or too difficult for even the most expert player to perform.
1969 Daily Tel. 29 Sept. 17/3 It is so unpianistic in places that Beethoven's authorship or approval seems still open to doubt.
2005 Time Out N.Y. 31 Mar. 135/1 It's the hardest music I've ever learned, and it's extremely unpianistic.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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