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Purcellian, a. and n.|pɜːˈsɛlɪən|
[f. the name of Henry Purcell (c 1659–95), English composer + -ian.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Purcell or his style of composition.
B. n. One who admires or imitates the style of Purcell.
1889G. B. Shaw in Star 21 Feb. 4/3, I daresay many of the Bowegians thought that the unintentional quaintnesses of the amateurs in the orchestra were Purcellian antiquities. 1932A. K. Holland Henry Purcell ii. i. 119 Liszt, whose songs, in their attention to immediate detail, are in the line of the Purcellian ‘scena’. 1942E. Blom Music in England vi. 91 Only Turner and Croft, both doctors of music and both Purcellians, counted for a good deal, and may have influenced Handel. 1949Scrutiny XVI. 78 The finest passages in the third Quartet seem to be recovering a more stable rhythmic norm, without any sacrifice of Purcellian and madrigalian intensity. 1959Listener 4 June 972/1 There is some danger of mistaking for Purcellian influence on Handel what is really the influence of Lully on both. 1975Gramophone Jan. 1379/2, I must also especially commend..the direction of that devoted Purcellian, Sir Michael Tippett. 1978Early Music Oct. 577/2 Purcellian alto-clef tenors may have to adopt that term unless they relish some neologism like Rimsky's ‘tenore altino’. |