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Etymology

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From Brahms +‎ -ian.

Adjective

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Brahmsian (comparative more Brahmsian, superlative most Brahmsian)

  1. (music) Of or pertaining to Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), German composer and pianist, or his compositions.
    • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 500:
      The great Brahmsian slow movement of the sixth glass was broken rudely by the telephone's percussion.

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