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Brahms

(brämz), Johannes 1833-1897.

German composer. His works blend classical tradition with a romantic impulse and include concertos, four symphonies, chamber music, and choral compositions.

Brahms′i·an adj.

Brahms

(brɑːmz)

(Biography) Johannes (joˈhanəs). 1833–97, German composer, whose music, though classical in form, exhibits a strong lyrical romanticism. His works include four symphonies, four concertos, chamber music, and A German Requiem (1868)

Brahms

(brɑmz)

n.

Jo•han•nes (yoʊˈhɑ nəs) 1833–97, German composer.

Brahms′i•an, adj.

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Noun	1.	Brahms - German composer who developed the romantic style of both lyrical and classical music (1833-1897) Johannes Brahms
	2.	Brahms - the music of Brahms; "Brahms was included in the program" music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

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As soon as Brahms had grunted himself out, she gave him her card and said, "That is where we live; if you preferred, you could call for the umbrella after the concert, but I didn't like to trouble you when it has all been our fault.

I don't like the Brahms, though, nor the Mendelssohn that came first--and ugh

Tibby only cares for cultured females singing Brahms.

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Down in the Emily's cabin was them three soaks--you know them-- Fowler and Curtis and that Brahms chap.

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Beethoven and Brahms or Lehar and Lionel Morickton; HIGGINS.

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After visiting the National Gallery, or Hertford House, or hearing Brahms or Beethoven at the Bechstein Hall, she would come back to find a new person awaiting her, in whose soul were imbedded some grains of the invaluable substance which she still called reality, and still believed that she could find.

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And even if we were to conclude that Brahms did intend partial proportional schemes for the Requiem and Rinaldo, we would have to note that such large-scale vocal/orchestral works are atypical of Brahms; we cannot, therefore, draw general conclusions from their metronome marks.

Tempos and proportions in Brahms: period evidence

Composer Johannes Brahms died a hundred years ago, on April 3, 1897.

Brahms' Muse

Al Brahms "heredero de la tradicion" lo salva del engolamiento arrogante, su musicalidad extraordinaria.

Brahms: 1897-1997

Thus the Reger and Brahms works came across as the products of late (even perhaps decadent) polyphonic composers, desperately trying to preserve the German contrapuntal tradition, forced to greater and greater ingenuity in their strettos, running three, four, even five phrases together, which in the end produces a complexity of effect too great for the tonal system and its conventional rhythmic organization.

Andras Schiff

Ahi les va: Brahms compuso tres sonatas, Schumann compuso tres.

Sonata para violin y piano no. 3 de Brahms

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