Stravinskian

[ struh-vin-skee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or suggesting the composer Igor Stravinsky or his works.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Stravinskian¹

First recorded in 1920–25; Stravinsky + -an

Example Sentences

Many of them, in fact, didn’t bother staying for the Stravinskian “dessert.”

From Washington Post

It’s about the texture of the harmonies, the rhythms, the quotations, the Stravinskian drive, the klezmer and Jewish melodic style.

From New York Times

An instrumental sextet — violin, clarinet, trumpet, percussion, prominent accordion and piano — sound just right, be it one minute Mexican, the next Stravinskian.

From Los Angeles Times

It was startling to find how often the difficult meters of Stravinsky’s famous score were honored in the movement and how powerfully the Paris dancers revealed Stravinskian force.

From New York Times

After Stravinsky’s death in 1971, at 88, he was a writer, lecturer, conductor, public intellectual and keeper of the Stravinskian flame.

From New York Times