Palestrinianadj.
/ˌpalᵻˈstrɪnɪən/, U.S. /ˌpæləˈstrɪniən/ Of, relating to, or characteristic of Palestrina or his music.
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Purcellian1698
Handelian1770
Rossinian1823
Mozartian1828
Weberian1830
Mendelssohnian1851
Offenbachian1857
Schubertian1866
Mozart-like1870
Wagnerian1873
Brahmsite1878
Beethovenish1879
Meyerbeerian1880
Wagneresque1884
Brahmsian1887
Dvořakian1888
Mendelssohnic1889
Beethovenian1890
Lisztian1890
Elgarian1906
Puccinian1906
Palestrinian1908
Berliozian1910
Straussian1910
Schoenbergian1912
Pucciniesque1917
Chopinesque1920
Ravelian1924
Delian1925
Beethovenized1927
Rachmaninovian1927
Bartokian1929
Sibelian1935
Webernish1938
Mahlerian1939
Hindemithian1941
Bachian1945
Tchaikovskian1945
Metastasian1947
Monteverdian1947
Schumannesque1947
Stravinskian1947
Verdian1947
Webernesque1947
Mahlerish1949
Vivaldian1952
Beethovenesque1955
Meyerbeerish1962
1908 New Schaff-Herzog Encycl. Relig. Knowl. X. 153 The Motu Proprio deals..with the entire question of church music... Music of the Palestrinian style is commended, but a strong preference is expressed in favor of the traditional Gregorian.
1938 H. Coates Palestrina i. 2 While at Dresden Wagner first became acquainted with this and many another Palestrinian masterpiece.
1968 New Oxf. Hist. Music iv. x. 521 This consciously conservative tendency among Catholic composers..resulted in the ultimate petrifaction of the Palestrinian stile antico, which artificially survived well into the eighteenth century.
1997 Guardian 18 Apr. (Friday Review section) 14/5 The Sistine Chapel choir's reputation as an outstanding performer of Palestrinian music is the fruit of hours of extremely detailed work.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1908