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Meyerbeerian, a.|maɪəˈbɪərɪən|
[f. the name of the German operatic composer Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864) + -ian.]
Of, resembling, or characteristic of the style or work of Meyerbeer.
1890G. B. Shaw London Music 1888–89 (1937) 359 Mr Goossens seemed to me to be imperfectly in sympathy with the electrical Meyerbeerian atmosphere. 1955E. Dent in H. van Thal Fanfare for E. Newman 103 Balthazar is a typically Meyerbeerian character, and his music is more like Meyerbeer than Donizetti.
Hence Meyerˈbeeriad, something resembling the style or work of Meyerbeer; Meyerˈbeerianism n.; ˈMeyerbeerish a.
1947A. Einstein Mus. Romantic Era xvii. 308 Serov..wrote a Biblical drama Judith and a grand opera Rogneda—both of which might be characterized as merely gaudy Meyerbeeriads. 1955F. Toye in H. van Thal Fanfare for E. Newman 163 Don Carlos is permeated with Meyerbeerianism from beginning to end. 1962John o' London's 8 Mar. 233/3 A certain amount of Meyerbeerish trafficking with ‘grand opera’. |