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adjectiveShostakovichesque (comparative more Shostakovichesque, superlative most Shostakovichesque)
comparative more Shostakovichesque · superlative most Shostakovichesque
- Reminiscent of the works of Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975), Russian composer and pianist.
But there was more to Mr. Gordon's work. In a central section the distortion was removed from the amplification, and the writing was lively in a bittersweet, Shostakovichesque way.
2005 February 8, Allan Kozinn, “The Moods of Sliding Scales, From Ethereal to Animated”, in The New York Times
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