brass

A brass band works down the block and stops at the park outside.

From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026

In Salzburg, Dudamel indulged the Vienna Philharmonic’s incomparable lushness, those plush strings, glowing winds, golden brass, voluminous timpani.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Nobody will be betting a brass farthing on history repeating itself, though.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Researchers also found a pair of broken glasses; an IV needle with a bottle topper; a brass item with writing, perhaps a cigarette case; and a button with Japanese-looking iconography.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

He played brass instruments: trumpet, trombone, and tuba, as well as the flute.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Their sound has a lovely finish: softly molded winds, round-toned brasses, strings that never turn strident.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024

Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony, grandly classical in conception, with dashes of the composer’s wily idiosyncrasies, was played with lush strings and enveloping brasses.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024

Corrosive brasses and heated strings enlivened the Respighi’s first movement, and gray-toned woodwinds, transparent violins, and luxuriant cellos and basses colored the second.

From New York Times ● May 5, 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