Brahmsianadj.n.
/ˈbrɑːmzɪən/, U.S. /ˈbrɑmziən/ A. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the German composer Johannes Brahms 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
1887 Birmingham Daily Post 14 Oct. 8/6 He does not attempt Wagnerian or Brahmsian intricate and abstruse dissolutions of harmony.
1929 C. A. Phillips tr. W. Niemann Brahms xxviii. 355 A few typically Brahmsian technical formulas.
1963 Listener 7 Feb. 264/3 It used dated features like Brahmsian minor-key themes.
2013 Early Music 41 533/1 No sooner does she set sail with a flowing passage then the whole thing grinds to a halt with another Brahmsian ritardando.
B. n.
A student or admirer of Brahms or his music; (also) a skilled performer or interpreter of Brahms's music.
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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
1894 J. A. Fuller Maitland Masters of German Music 2 The parties were rightly described as Wagnerians and anti-Wagnerians, not as Brahmsians and anti-Brahmsians or even as Wagnerians and Brahmsians.
1927 C. Gray in H. J. Foss Heritage of Music I. 179 An exclusive and esoteric cult such as that of the Brahmsians could hardly fail to provoke an equally violent reaction.
1961 Musical Times 102 165/2 Klemperer is stronger and more dynamic, Toscanini more electrically intense..but Walter is perhaps the purest Brahmsian of them all.
2010 Musical Times Summer 112/2 We witness von Bülow the ardent Wagnerian, then later the equally ardent Brahmsian and encourager of younger men.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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