Schumannesque

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• -esque — Suffixe, de l ital. esco, à la manière de (ex.: gigantesque, dantesque). ⇒ ESQUE, suff. Suff. formateur d adj. dér. de noms communs, de noms propres et d adj. et qui indiquent une ressemblance, une manière d être ou d agir dont on accuse l… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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• Otto Malling — Otto Valdemar Malling (1 June 1848 – 5 October 1915) was a Danish composer, from 1900 the cathedral organist in Copenhagen and from 1889 professor, then from 1899 Director of the Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen. Otto Malling was born in …   Wikipedia

• Piano Trio No. 1 (Mendelssohn) — Felix Mendelssohn s Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49 was completed on 23 September 1839 and published the following year. The work is scored for a standard piano trio consisting of violin, cello and piano. The trio is one of Mendelssohn s most …   Wikipedia

• Franz Mittler — (April 14 1893 in Vienna ndash; December 28 1970 in Munich) was an Austrian (and later on an American) composer, musician, and humorist. Life and work Mittler was born in Vienna. His maternal grandmother financed his earliest musical education… …   Wikipedia

• George Copeland — (April 3, 1882 – June 16, 1971)[1] was an American classical pianist known primarily for his championship of the French composer Claude Debussy in the early 20th century and his interpretations of modern Spanish piano works. George Copeland ca.… …   Wikipedia

• -esque — is a suffix forming adjectives, and corresponds to French esque or Italian esco (from the medieval Latin ending iscus). In English it occurs in words derived from Italian and French, e.g. grotesque, picaresque, picturesque, and is an active… …   Modern English usage

• suffixes added to proper names — 1. The suffix most commonly used to form nouns and adjectives relating to people s names (usually writers, artists, composers, etc., or founders of dynasties) is an or ian, and one of the oldest formations of this type is Virgilian (first… …   Modern English usage

• -esque — suffix forming adjectives meaning in the style of or resembling (romanesque; Schumannesque; statuesque). Etymology: F f. It. esco f. med.L iscus * * * esque, suffix forming adjectives from other adjectives or from nouns. 1. in the style;… …   Useful english dictionary