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adj. - Of or relating to or like or in the manner of a famous composer.

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  • But even though the tunes themselves aren't by Stravinsky, his syncopated rhythms and dazzling, even hilarious combinations of instruments make "Pulcinella" one of his most...
  • It was shaped quite beautifully by Elder and made a perfect contrast with Strauss's Bourgeois Gentilhomme at the other end of the programme, with its sly borrowings and knowing...
  • After that, though, comes Martinu°'s first piano trio, a set of five miniatures couched ina rather vapid Stravinskyan neoclassicism that all theFlorestans 'deftness...
  • Copland reverses the poles - now the melodies are simple and straightforward, but the rhythms are a mass of Stravinskyan irregularities and displacements.
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