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Straussian, a. and n.|ˈstraʊsɪən|
[f. the name of (1) the German composer Richard Strauss (1864–1949), or (2) the Viennese family of composers of whom Johann Strauss II (1825–99) was the foremost member + -ian.]
A. adj.
1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the music of Richard Strauss.
1910G. B. Shaw in Nation 19 Mar. 969/2 To those of us who are neither deaf nor blind nor anti-Straussian critics (which is the same thing), she was a superb Elektra. 1949A. Huxley Ape & Essence ii. 24 Flawlessly pure of all Wagnerian lubricity and bumptiousness, all Straussian vulgarity! 1954Grove's Dict. Mus. (ed. 5) VIII. 129/1 He wrote..some fine songs for voice and orchestra,.. of which ‘Hymnus’ and ‘Gesang der Apollopriesterin’ (Op. 33) are the most characteristic of Straussian rapture. 1963Times 8 Mar. 15/3 Earlier in the work he had not shown the same ability to sustain a true Straussian intensity of feeling. 1979Guardian 26 Mar. 14/5 It was no disappointment to find Italian verismo rather than Straussian opulence.
2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the music of the Strauss family.
1935Punch 8 May 561/2 The scheme and time of the play..has prevented him from suggesting or—except in a brief snatch of the Blue Danube—borrowing from the glories of the Straussian epoch. 1958Listener 21 Aug. 285/1 The commonplace of a Straussian waltz.
B. n. An admirer of Richard Strauss; an exponent of his music.
1959Times 17 Nov. 16/4 With that renowned Straussian, Mr. Rudolf Kempe, now..available to take charge, the London Symphony Orchestra assembled all its forces on Sunday..so that the second half of the programme could be devoted to Also sprach Zarathustra. 1967Guardian 13 June 7/3 Straussians all think it [sc. Die Frau ohne Schatten] the masterpiece. 1977Gramophone June 64/1 A lack of sensuousness and ardour in the first half of the work is something which many Straussians won't readily forgive. |