brass

The Hindenburg lifted off shortly after 7 p.m., saluted by a brass band playing “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” and cheered by a large crowd, including a Hitler Youth troop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The brass ring always remains just out of reach, always searching for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Still, with its smooth strings, creamy brass, pungent winds and friendly percussion, Noseda’s NSO came across as a gracious orchestra meant to please, and, consequently, a seemingly marvelous anomaly in an otherwise divisive present-day D.C.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

The invigorating brass or woody bass of salsa, son and cha-cha-cha are all but gone.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

We’d shoved the big brass bed we shared into the bay window, hoping a breath of cool night air would make a wrong turn and stumble across us.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

It relies not on computers but on hand-played, largely acoustic instruments: guitars, accordions, brasses, reeds.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2023

The orchestra, from the pointed brasses to the curling woodwinds, found its way to unanimity of utterance.

From New York Times ● May 5, 2023

Flutes dipped like swallows, and brasses popped out like goblins.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2023

With sensuous yet lively strings, the English Concert offered poised playing throughout, even on difficult-to-control period woodwinds and brasses.

From New York Times ● Mar. 13, 2023

The harness was polished and the horse brasses glittered like gold.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck