Brahms
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- proper noun
- /brɑːmz/
- The last work on the program was Brahms' Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77.
- Brahms's Second Symphony
- Brahms's German Requiem
- Brahms's music
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Watch on YouTubeOther famous variations include Beethoven's Diabelli variations or Brahms variations on a theme by Haydn.
- Other famous variations include Beethoven's Diabelli variations or Brahms variations on a theme by Haydn.
- So when I hear that stuff, for me, it's, oh, this feels like, you know, Radiohead for me can feel like Brahms, you know, or, you know, it all starts connecting together, you know?
- Compared to, let's say, Brahms, Bruckner is absence of field a lot.
Examples
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Somewhere up the street, I heard bells, the sleepy tinkling of Brahms' Lullaby.
Fiction book (1999) -
The symphonies of Beethoven and Brahms, for instance, provide many challenges to traditional time signature definitions.
Academic text (2005) -
Oh, Brahms is just so fantastic!
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Our next selection: Brahms' "Hungarian Dance No. 5."
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I put on a Brahms recording that I'd found soothing in the past.
Fiction book (1990) -
Doing fine, she wrote, faltered on Brahms Piano Quartet No. 2, but all else is well.
Fiction book (2002) -
Geller switched on the radio in the kitchen and grinned as Brahms filled the air with dark honey.
Fiction book (1991) -
Mr. Crooks, would you play Brahms's "Lullaby"?
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Distant music, Brahms' lullaby, from the Rosner Brothers way down by the women's barracks, calming the inhabitants.
Fiction book (1993) -
The concert featured pieces by Brahms, including his famous "Hungarian Dance No. 5."
Synonyms
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A German composer and pianist who wrote Romantic music
Surface Forms
Etymology
Brahms is a German family name best known from the composer Johannes Brahms. It probably comes from a short form of the name Abraham, so a helpful way to remember Brahms is to think of it as a German version of that old name, which is why Brahms refers to the man and his music.