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Rhapsodie

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Rhapsodie

A setting of a fragment from Johann Goethe's Harzreise im Winter by Johannes Brahms for contralto solo, male chorus, and orchestra , Op. 53. It was composed in 1869 and first performed at Jena on 3 March 1870. In English the piece is frequently called the Alto Rhapsody.



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The Russian military historians in so far as they submit to claims of logic must admit that conclusion, and in spite of their lyrical rhapsodies about valor, devotion, and so forth, must reluctantly admit that the French retreat from Moscow was a series of victories for Napoleon and defeats for Kutuzov.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
I listened to his rhapsodies of HER and HER and HER with an aching heart.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
Another was a well-dressed young man, who carried an opera glass set in gold, and seemed to be making a quotation from some of Byron's rhapsodies on mountain scenery.
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