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Mendelssohnian, a.|mɛndəlˈsəʊnɪən|
[f. the name of the German composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809–47) + -ian.]
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Mendelssohn, or his musical productions.
1887G. B. Shaw How to become Mus. Critic (1960) 132 The modern Mendelssohnian ‘culture’, with all its refinement, its elegance, its reticence, and its ‘chastity’. 1900Musical Standard LIX. 283/1 The second movement was rendered with a Mendelssohnian elegance. 1909H. G. Wells Ann Veronica iii. 60 The organ..was, in its Mendelssohnian way, as glad as ever it could be. 1928Observer 29 Jan. 14/4 A clearly conceived and agreeable piece of music with Mendelssohnian orchestration. 1974Daily Tel. 28 Oct. 11/1 Helen Donath's singing of the consolatory, very Mendelssohnian soprano solo gained in security after a nervous opening.
Also Mendelˈssohnic a.
1889G. B. Shaw London Music 1888–89 (1937) 164 Her Mendelssohnic sense of form in composition. 1890Ibid. 300 This Mendelssohnic curse of speed for speed's sake. 1928Observer 4 Mar. 14/5 Ask yourself what are the real Beethoven touches in the Mendelssohnic finale. |