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Salzburgian

Salzburgian

English

Adjective

Salzburgian (comparative more Salzburgian, superlative most Salzburgian)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Austrian state of Salzburg or people from there.
    • 1816, William Phillips, An outline of mineralogy and geology, page 122,
      There are few metals that do not occur in gueiss; in which are situated the greatest part of the Saxon, Bohemian, and Salzburgian mines.
    • 1953, Max Kenyon, Mozart in Salzburg: A Study and Guide, page 108,
      K 200 in C major is the second of these three symphonies: it is much more Salzburgian, and has its parallels in several sonata movements.
    • 1962, Alfred Einstein, Mozart, His Character, His Work, page 336,
      Mozart presented this Mass, along with that in F and the Misericordias, to the prelate of the Holy Cross in Augsburg (as he informs his father on 20 November 1777)—which is surprising, for it is surely his weakest, his most Salzburgian, church work.
    • 1980, A. Leon Higginbotham, In the Matter of Color: Race and the American Legal Process. The Colonial Period, page 246,
      The Salzburgian petition reported that they were able to "lead a quiet and peaceable life" without slaves, causing them to "laugh at such talking" by proponents of slavery that it was "impossible and dangerous for White People to plant and manufacture any rice. ..."
    • 2008, David Chapman, Thoroughbass Pedagogy in Nineteenth-century Viennese Composition and..., page 284,
      Joseph Haydn and W. A. Mozart figure prominently, as do their more Salzburgian counterparts Michael Haydn and Leopold Mozart.

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Noun

Salzburgian (plural Salzburgians)

  1. A person from Salzburg.
    • 1867, A Reminiscence of 1859, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Volume 76, page 384,
      [] one crosses over the Grand Place, on which stands the Cathedral, to the Mozart Place, so called from a statue of the celebrated composer, of whom the Salzburgians are so proud, and thence past the Government Palace to the Cajetan gate, and along the river to the new bridge.
    • 2006, Friedrich Kerst, Mozart: the Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words, page 61,
      Mozart often made merry over the Salzburgians; he called them stupid and envious.
    • 2010, Nita Farrier, The Grande Tour, page 18,
      Jackie and I strolled down the streets, each balancing a beverage and provoking many curious stares from passing Salzburgians.

Synonyms

  • (person from Salzburg): Salzburger

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