Ravelianadj.n.
/rəˈvɛlɪən/, U.S. /rəˈvɛljən/, /rəˈvɛliən/ A. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of Ravel or his music.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > composing music > composer > [adjective] > specific composer
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
1924 E. B. Hill Mod. French Music x. 252 Here..is found an early instance of that delicately ironic humor which is a dominant Ravellian trait.
1926 Musical Times 67 1089/1 This feature, while being an imitation of the Hungarian cembalo, is nevertheless extremely Ravelian in its technique.
1946 Penguin Music Mag. Dec. 32 The progress of Walton from his early and somewhat Ravelian Facade to the Violin Concerto.
1965 Listener 28 Oct. 680/2 The two syllables ‘Ma-man’, pronounced as a falling fourth (a characteristic Ravelian fingerprint).
2006 Time Out N.Y. 15 June 154/1 Most attractive are ‘Sirens’, alternating Ravelian rippling figures with a questing flute theme, and ‘False Waltz’.
B. n.
A student or admirer of Ravel or his music; a musician accomplished in the interpretation of Ravel's works.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > music appreciation > music lover > [noun] > of specific composer
Handelian1762
Mozartian1838
Wagnerite1855
Brahmsite1881
Wagnerian1882
Wagnerist1891
Savoyard1893
Brahmsian1894
Bachian1920
Schoenbergian1920
Purcellian1922
Bartokian1923
Stravinskyite1924
Stravinskian1925
Mahlerite1926
Schubertian1928
Delian1933
Tchaikovskian1937
Beethovenian1947
Lisztian1947
Schumannite1947
Berliozian1951
Ravelian1951
Rachmaninovian1952
Hindemithian1954
Mahlerian1955
Mozart-lover1959
Straussian1959
Elgarian1972
Verdian1976
Dvořakian1977
Vivaldian1978
1951 Music & Lett. 32 75 Ten years later the Brussels critics..were changed men, and several had become keen d'Indists, Debussists and Ravelians.
1981 Times 26 Feb. 13/6 Manuel Rosenthal, a Ravelian to his fingertips.
2006 N.Y. Sun (Nexis) 17 Mar. 16 Mr. Thibaudet is one of the great Ravelians in the world—ever, actually—and he has duly recorded the complete works.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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