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adj. - Of or relating to or in the manner of a prolific British baroque composer.

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  • August 2005) ... this long-term Handelian and one-time Berkeley prof has discovered the opera's psychological core and unleashed its power.
  • Buffo in the Handelian manner — that is as nearly so as we could make it.
  • Ruth Ann Swenson, as the princess Ariodante loves and almost loses, was a delicious and equally skillful Handelian.
  • Mr. Daniels is the quintessential exponent of Handelian style, while Mr. Domingo is still firmly rooted in the 19th-century territory of most of his repertoire.
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