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Offline ahinton

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Composer Comparatives
on: July 18, 2007, 05:17:55 AM
In The "Words that aren't the opposite of anything" thread, some contributors les us astray abit by suggesting that some words beginning with the syllable "In" are not opposites of the remainder iof the words, when they are not even supposed to be so "intimacy" and "inland", for example"; prompted by "bench warmer"'s mention of the latter of these, where he wrote

"Some of these responses are  Outlandish"

I wrote

"That one reminds me of another subject - that of composer comparatives. Someone who presumably didn't think much of those oft-used ones pronounced as "Beethoveenian" and "Wagneerian" (after all, who are "Beethoveen" and "Wagneer"?) once proposed a few better ones, commencing with "Coplandish". In another thread in this section, you can now amuse yourselves by thinking up some good ones..."

So - off you all go (if so you choose that is). Here's your starter for...

Irish (John Ireland)
British (Benjamin Britten)
Rubbish (Edmund Rubbra)
Harbisonic
Hindemythical
Waltonic
Cartesian
Bushy

(can't think of any more just now - must have abit of a mental Bloch...)

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Alistair
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Offline debussy symbolism

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Re: Composer Comparatives
Reply #1 on: July 18, 2007, 06:13:44 AM
Greetings

Ravelian

Hintonesque.

Offline minor9th

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Re: Composer Comparatives
Reply #2 on: July 21, 2007, 03:20:18 AM
Ligetish
Fernyhoughic
Norgaardian
Sorabjesque
Rihmian
Xenakisory
Lindbergy


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Offline jlh

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Re: Composer Comparatives
Reply #3 on: July 21, 2007, 03:48:28 AM
Schubertish
Fallaian
Bizetesque
Busonian
Byrdy
Mendelssohnian
Pannish
Soleric

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Offline ted

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Re: Composer Comparatives
Reply #4 on: July 21, 2007, 04:39:02 AM
Sauguetety "So gaiety" (Henri Sauguet)
Scottish (James Scott)
Joplinear
Gershwinsome
Carterial
Lambivalent (Joseph Lamb)
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Offline burstroman

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Re: Composer Comparatives
Reply #5 on: July 22, 2007, 01:17:11 AM
Alkanic
Albenizian
Clementish
Hellerish
Pixisistic
Auricic
Scriabinesque

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Re: Composer Comparatives
Reply #6 on: July 22, 2007, 10:56:28 AM
Barberian
Busonic
Lisztful
Messiaenic
Schumannic
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Re: Composer Comparatives
Reply #7 on: July 22, 2007, 04:56:34 PM

Rubbish (Edmund Rubbra)


(can't think of any more just now - must have abit of a mental Bloch...)

Best,

Alistair

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