Definition of Beethovenian

1. Adjective. Of or relating to Ludwig van Beethoven or his music.

Derivative terms: Beethoven, Beethoven
Partainyms: Beethoven

Definition of Beethovenian

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer and pianist. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beethovenian

Beefeaters
Beehive
Beehive State
Beehives
Beelzebub
Beelzebubian
Beelzebubs
Beer's knife
Beer's law
Beerbohm
Beerbohmian
Beerman
Beervana
Beethoven
Beethovenian
Beetlejuice
Beevor's sign
Begbie's disease
Begin
Begonia cheimantha
Begonia cocchinea
Begonia dregei
Begonia erythrophylla
Begonia feastii
Begonia heracleifolia
Begonia rex
Begonia semperflorens
Begonia socotrana

Literary usage of Beethovenian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven by Alexander Wheelock Thayer (1921)
"Now, on the contrary, in the text of this volume there is abundant proof that just these expressions are very beethovenian and characteristic of his letters ..."

2. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1876)
"In fact the whole matter in question hinges upon this point; for the sublime spirit of beethovenian music is the matrix—the informing element—of the ideal ..."

3. Life of Richard Wagner by Carl Friedrich Glasenapp, William Ashton Ellis (1900)
"... "for in every bar the orchestra had learnt to recognise the beethovenian melody. The orchestra sang that melody. That was the secret. ..."

4. Prof. H. Kling's Modern Orchestration and Instrumentation: Or, The Art of by Henri Kling (1905)
"... on the contrary, to be taught to discern in them — a lesson that should not come so very hard in the matter of kinship to the beethovenian spirit, ..."

5. Review of Reviews by Albert Shaw (1897)
"In every bar the orchestra had learned to recognize the beethovenian melody, which plainly had escaped our brave Liepzig bandsmen of the time. ..."

6. The Perfect Wagnerite: A Commentary on the Niblung's Ring by Bernard Shaw (1909)
"As to the coyer subtleties of the score, their discovery provides fresh interest for repeated hearings, giving The Ring a beethovenian inexhaustibility and ..."

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