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Johannes Brahms
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Definition:a distinguished composer, born at Hamburg; of great promise from a boy; settled in Vienna; has no living rival; the appearance of compositions of his an event in the musical world; approaches Beethoven as no other does; distinguished as a performer as well as a composer; b. 1833.Rev. James Wood. The Nuttall Encyclopaedia (1907)
sound file: Hungarian Dance no. 7 - Allegretto in F major, performed by Andreas Pfaul, CC0bonus concert video: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brahms-Hungarian-Dances-6.webm
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He waved for Perkins to take the dishes away and got up and went over to a big phonograph and put on the Brahms Second Piano Concerto, very loud, so that they didn’t talk for the rest of the meal.
Irwin Shaw. Rich Man, Poor Man (1959)
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Hyacinth: Listen to that. Doesn't he play beautifully!
neighbour: Yes, he does.
Hyacinth: Brahms, I think.
neighbour: Mendelssohn, surely.
Hyacinth: Hmm? [nervous laugh] ...just testing.
[neighbour leaves]
Hyacinth: Know-all.
BBC. Keeping Up Appearances: Driving Mrs. Fortescue (1991)
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Gnekker and the young ladies talk of fugues, of counterpoint, of singers and pianists, of Bach and Brahms, while my wife, afraid of their suspecting her of ignorance of music, smiles to them sympathetically and mutters: "That's exquisite... really! You don't say so!..." Anton Chekhov. The Wife and other stories
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