Mendelssohnian
English
Etymology
Mendelssohn + -ian
Adjective
Mendelssohnian (comparative more Mendelssohnian, superlative most Mendelssohnian)
- Relating to, or in the style of, Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847), noted early Romantic composer.
- 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 34:
- Sultan Mansor became Anglophile, wore tweeds even in his own palace, was graciously received by Queen Victoria, adopted as his state anthem a Mendelssohnian salon piece composed by the late Prince Consort[.]
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Translations
relating to Mendelssohn
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