Dvorakian

• Dvořákian

From Dvorak +‎ -ian, from Czech Dvořák.

• IPA^(key): /dvɔɹˈʒækɪən/, /dvɔɹˈʒɑːkiən/

Dvorakian (comparative more Dvorakian, superlative most Dvorakian)

1. (music) Of, relating to, or characteristic of Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904), Czech composer of Romantic music.

Dvorakian (plural Dvorakians)

1. (music) A fan or scholar of Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904), Czech composer of Romantic music.
   • 1951 June 30, Roland Gelatt, “Recordings Reports: Classical LP’s and Albums”, in The Saturday Review of Literature, volume XXXIV, number 26, New York, N.Y.: Saturday Review Associates, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 50:

     [WORK, PERFORMER, DATA:] Dvorak: “The Wood Dove”; Six “Legends.” Fritz Lehmann conducting Orchestra of Radio Berlin. Urania LP 7010, $5.95. [REPORT:] An addition to the recorded literature of Dvorak, but not of overwhelming interest except to Dvorakians.

   • 1985 January 25, Donal Henahan, “Music: Prague Symphony [Orchestra] in Dvorak”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015:

     It [The Specter’s Bride] enjoyed a mild vogue during the composer's lifetime and in the early years of this century but has dropped so far out of the repertory that only devout Dvorakians can now be expected to have heard of it, let alone heard it.

   • 1992 April 26, Herbert Glass, “It’s About Time for a Dose of Dvorak”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[2], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 January 2026:

     Among recent arrivals, the palm goes to a set that should be as much an ear-opener for today’s novice Dvorakians as it was even for veteran partisans in the 1960s when its contents were released piecemeal: the nine symphonies, in performances by the London Symphony [Orchestra] under Hungarian conductor Istvan Kertesz that are filled with the joy of discovery.