Brentano
Americannoun
noun
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In 1955, he received a PhD, writing his dissertation on the poetry of Clemens Brentano.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2022
At Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium on Sunday, the Brentano String Quartet and soprano Dawn Upshaw closed the 114th season of the Coleman Chamber Music Series, “surely the longest-running such series in the country,” Mark Swed writes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2018
Before leading “Absolute Jest,” Mr. Adams spoke engagingly about the piece and had the Brentano players perform excerpts from some of the Beethoven Mr. Adams borrowed, which was very helpful.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2014
If Brentano members gave tips to the actors, they should be applauded; wielding their bows, none of the actors look like a rube.
From Time ● Nov. 1, 2012
He was brother of two persons well known in the world of letters, M. Clement Brentano and the Countess Bettina d'Arnim, the correspondent of Goëthe.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 by Various
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