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Ivesian

Ivesian adjective: of or pertaining to American composer Charles Ives (1874-1954), whose music is characterized by its innovative use of dissonance, quotation, polytonality, polyrhythm, and polyphony.

Adjective

Ivesian (comparative more Ivesian, superlative most Ivesian)

  1. Of or pertaining to American composer Charles Ives (1874-1954), whose music is characterized by its innovative use of dissonance, quotation, polytonality, polyrhythm, and polyphony.

Forms of Ivesian

comparativemore Ivesian
superlativemost Ivesian

Origin of Ivesian

From Ives + -ian.

Questions about Ivesian

What does Ivesian mean?
Ivesian means of or pertaining to American composer Charles Ives (1874-1954), whose music is characterized by its innovative use of dissonance, quotation, polytonality, polyrhythm, and polyphony.
What part of speech is Ivesian?
Ivesian is an adjective.

Words near Ivesian in the dictionary

  1. ivery
  2. Iverys
  3. Ives
  4. ivesheadiomorph
  5. ivesheadiomorphs
  6. Ivesian
  7. Iveson
  8. Ivesons
  9. Ivester
  10. ivey
  11. IVF

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