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noun
Brahms  n.  
1.
A famous German composer, b. 1833, d. 1897.
Synonyms: Johannes Brahms.
2.
The music composed by Brahms; as, the program consisted mostly of Brahms.





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"Brahms" Quotes from Famous Books



... not an unmitigated evil, your Miss Lackland. She's sworn three men off their drink, or, to the same purpose, shut off their whisky. You know them—Brahms, Curtis, and Fowler. She shipped them on the Flibberty-Gibbet along ...
— Adventure • Jack London
... a German street-band will be recognized as a powerful tonic; a cornet solo will take the place of a blister; a symphony or a sonata may be recommended instead of morphine; the moxa will give way to Wagner, and opium to Brahms. A prolonged shake by a singer will drive out chills and fever, according to the theory of Hahnemann. Cots at symphony concerts may yet command ...
— Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery • Robert Means Lawrence
... with Richard Ford when Richard was home in his vacations, and long walks by himself when Richard was at Cooper's Hill. He often went to Wychford Rectory, where he learnt to enjoy Schumann and Beethoven and Bach and Brahms. ...
— The Altar Steps • Compton MacKenzie


Words linked to "Brahms" :   Johannes Brahms


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