Tannhäuser

[ tan-hoi-zer, -hou-; German tahn-hoi-zuhr ]

noun

1. a German lyric poet of the 13th century: a well-known legend tells of his stay with Venus in the Venusberg and his later repentance.
2. (italics) an opera (1845) by Richard Wagner.

Tannhäuser

/ ˈtænˌhɔɪzə /

noun

1. Tannhäuser13th-century13th-centuryMGermanMUSIC: minnesinger 13th-century German minnesinger, commonly identified with a legendary knight who sought papal absolution after years spent in revelry with Venus. The legend forms the basis of an opera by Wagner

Example Sentences

Nowadays many organists find it possible to play the Overture to Tannhauser; the writer pleads guilty himself.

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Certainly nothing in the world is so solemn and impressive and so divinely beautiful as "Tannhauser."

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Other way around you get Tannhauser and Venus and Elizabeth; two women, one man; more triangle and more trouble.

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Handel's largo, the overture to Tannhauser, and a fantasia on British airs,—each brought forth a different series of gestures.

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What ought a man to think of the Tannhauser, after hearing these five contradictory opinions?

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