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Viennese, n. and a.|vɪɛˈniːz, vɪə-|
[f. Vienn-a + -ese.]
A. n.
a. A native or an inhabitant of Vienna; also in collective sense.
b. The variety of German spoken in Vienna.
1839J. Pagett Hungary & Transylv. I. 2 The foolish tales the good Viennese told us. 1849E. Ruskin Let. 22 Dec. in M. Lutyens Effie in Venice (1965) i. 94 Hanoverian German I understand pretty well, but Viennese, which these officers speak, is very different. 1860Chambers's Encycl. I. 575/1 In order to prevent the Hungarians coming to the aid of the Viennese [in Oct. 1848]. 1894Parry Stud. Gt. Composers, Beethoven 166 His behaviour was not of the kind affected by polite Viennese. 1981Ld. Harewood Tongs & Bones vi. 108 Marion..talked fluent German (or rather Viennese),..rattling the guttural Viennese ‘r’ round her throat.
B. adj.
a. Of or belonging to Vienna; originating in Vienna.
1839J. Pagett Hungary & Transylv. I. 1 Viennese Reports of Hungary. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 221/2 The Viennese school of painting is of modern origin. 1889R. Wells Pastrycook & Confect. Guide 10 Viennese Rolls. Take 8 lbs. of Vienna Flour [etc.].
b. Special collocations: Viennese Secession = secession 3 d; Viennese waltz, (a piece of music for) the form of waltz originating in Vienna, characterized by a romantic, nostalgic quality (see quots. 1980, 1983).
1906Studio (Special No.) p. a. iv, When, on the 3rd of April, 1897, nineteen young artists came together, to found the Viennese ‘Secession’, they chose as their leader Rudolf von Alt. 1960Burlington Mag. CII. 395/1 The Viennese Secession movement (of which Klimt was co-founder and..first president).
1915Gibson & Miles tr. Gayda's Mod. Austria xxxi. 293 These worthy citizens..give a light,..almost healthy tone to the urban life of the Empire—like the melodies of Strauss's Viennese waltzes. 1920G. Grossmith in A. M. Cree Handbk. Ball-Room Dancing 12 Later came tight skirts and slow ‘Bostons’. Then divided skirts, the ‘Viennese Waltz’, ‘Two-Step’,..‘Turkey-Trot’ [etc.]. 1979Listener 19 July 71/1 ‘Musique-Dance’, the latter..segueing from Viennese waltzes..to ‘oom-pah’ drinking-songs. 1980New Grove Dict. Mus. xx. 206/1 The Viennese Waltz compositions of the second half of the 19th century, especially when played with the slight anticipation of the second beat of a bar and the subtle use of rubato which are charateristics of the traditional Viennese performance, remain a popular feature of concerts. 1983New Oxf. Compan. Mus. II. 1966/2 The Viennese waltz developed the characteristic of a slight anticipation of the second beat of the bar,..which gives a delightful and distinctive lilt to the playing. |