Webernesqueadj.
/veɪbəˈnɛsk/, U.S. /ˌveɪbərˈnɛsk/ Characteristic or reminiscent of the music of Anton Webern (1883–1945).Webern is particularly associated with very brief atonal pieces and compositions using the twelve-tone technique.
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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
1947 Tempo No. 3. 19 Elisabeth Lutyens employs soprano voice, string orchestra, harp, mandoline, and guitar—a Webernesque combination cleverly handled to achieve a pointillist effect.
1976 Gramophone Sept. 437/3 The surface is..rather Webernesque.
2014 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 12 May 11 Cresswell's music is dark, spare, even almost Webernesque at times.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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