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Brucknerian

Brucknerian adjective: of or relating to Anton Bruckner (1824–1896), Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist.

Adjective

Brucknerian (comparative more Brucknerian, superlative most Brucknerian)

  1. Of or relating to Anton Bruckner (1824–1896), Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist.
    • The entire evening was a Brucknerian labour of love, mixing the obscure and the familiar, and provided further proof that Rattle has increasingly embraced this composer as he has aged.2021 September 20, Martin Kettle, “LSO/Rattle review – a Brucknerian labour of love”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Noun

Brucknerian (plural Brucknerians)

  1. A scholar who studies the music of Anton Bruckner.
    • Simon Rattle has become a very fine and authentic Brucknerian, as this fascinating concert – offering insights into the composer’s fourth symphony – revealed[.]2021 September 20, Martin Kettle, “LSO/Rattle review – a Brucknerian labour of love”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of Brucknerian

Adjective
comparativemore Brucknerian
superlativemost Brucknerian
Noun
pluralBrucknerians

Questions about Brucknerian

What does Brucknerian mean?
Brucknerian means of or relating to Anton Bruckner (1824–1896), Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist.
What part of speech is Brucknerian?
Brucknerian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Brucknerian in the dictionary

  1. Bruckless
  2. Bruckman
  3. Bruckmans
  4. Brucknell
  5. Bruckner
  6. Brucknerian
  7. Brucknerians
  8. brucks
  9. Bruckses
  10. brucky
  11. Bructeri

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