The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary. rather …

George Bernard Shaw
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The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary. rather tiresomely addicted to dressing himself up as Handel or Beethoven and making a prolonged and intolerable noise.
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