Brahms

[ brahmz; German brahms ]

noun

1. Jo·han·nes [yoh-, hah, -n, uh, s], 1833–97, German composer.

Brahms

/ brɑːmz /

noun

1. BrahmsJohannes18331897MGermanMUSIC: composer 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)

Other Words From

• Brahmsi·an adjective
• Brahmsite noun

Example Sentences

Freire received two Grammy nominations for his Chopin records and a third for an album of the Brahms piano concertos.

From Washington Post

He makes his statement by wearing Alexander McQueen rainbow pants when he plays a Brahms solo.

From Washington Blade

Few authors write more transparently about music than Swafford, who has also penned memorable lives of Brahms and Ives.

From The Daily Beast

The Americans are beginning to admire and appreciate Brahms; he ought to have a great vogue here.

From Project Gutenberg

It was a special concert, at which the honored guest and soloist was the great Brahms himself.

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His introduction of the young Brahms to Schumann is a famous incident of this time.

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It was no longer a guarantee of enlightenment to worship Brahms or admire Beethoven.

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Later, he found Brahms, as all the world soon found out, and revised his early notions of the greater musician.

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