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Brentano

American  
[bren-tah-noh] / brɛnˈtɑ noʊ /

noun

  1. Franz, 1838–1917, German philosopher and psychologist.


Brentano British  
/ brɛnˈtaːno /

noun

  1. Clemens ( Maria ) (ˈkleːmənz). 1778–1842, German romantic poet and compiler of fairy stories and folk songs esp (with Achim von Arnim) the collection Des Knaben Wunderhorn (1805–08)

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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

The festival continues on Friday with Music of 20th-Century Russia, with works by Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich, featuring, among other artists, the pianist Boris Berman and the Brentano String Quartet.

From New York Times Jul. 17, 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

Mr. Johan Castberg, President of the Norwegian Odelsting, and the celebrated explorer, Dr. Nansen, write for Norway, and the Germans have a spokesman in Professor Lujo Brentano, of Munich.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Arabella Kenealy

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