low brass

American  

noun

1. an alloy of about 80 percent copper and 20 percent zinc, with traces of lead and iron.

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low brass

Eventually, though, Noseda dissipated that shroud of glistening sweetness, inviting the low brass and percussion to emerge in full force.

From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2023

Heavily amplified, almost cartoonish stomping, heavy on low brass, gives way to coolly rending lyricism, like a Baroque lament by John Dowland, thinly frosted by violins playing in their highest register.

From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2019

As a retired Fairmont State University music theory and low brass professor, Schooley’s career in music is not quite finished.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 15, 2018

In the work's compelling opening movement, "Prophecy", the propulsive, lurching low brass and searing broad string theme pushed forward with the force of a digger churning up the world to expose its molten core.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 30, 2011

At either end of the low brass fender, Miss Mitty and Miss Matoaca sat very erect, like two delicate silhouettes, the red light of the flames shining through their fine, almost transparent profiles.

From The Romance of a Plain Man by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson