canonic

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On that subject, Ross is most persuasive in his close readings of canonic post-Wagnerian literature, particularly Proust’s “Remembrance of Things Past,” Joyce’s “Ulysses,” Virginia Woolf’s “The Waves” and the novels of Mann.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2020

However, a parallel narrative universe exists that is the game’s “real” version of events: each Tekken game has a canon winner, and this canonic story focuses on the Mishima family blood feud.

From The Guardian • Feb. 26, 2020

His catalog of orchestra works is small but canonic.

From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2018

In the classroom, I had learned to think of writing as canonic, penned by giants.

From Slate • Sep. 11, 2016

Polyphony comprehends the most recondite elements of musical theory, but its essence consists of one leading concept—that of canonic imitation.

From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)