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Definition of Handelian
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or in the manner of George Frederick Handel.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Handelian
Literary usage of Handelian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography: From the Earliest Times to 1900 by George Smith, Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1897)
"About 1810 he married Ann Stanton Bagnold, and had issue, Sir George Smart had
a wide knowledge of the handelian traditions, obtained from singers who had ..."
2. The Musical World (1874)
"The handelian style reigned undisputed as the style for oratorio : and ...
Ilis Palestine shows a good share of handelian pathos, in proof of which the ..."
3. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1875)
"... Mozart's study is a famous evolution from handelian axioms ; the processes
are not to be denied, and the result is irresistible demonstration. ..."
4. Handel and His Orbit by Percy Robinson (1908)
"(6) But does not style form an objection to handelian authorship ? We are dealing
here merely with a priori objections. It will be sufficient, therefore, ..."
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