Tannhäuser
a German lyric poet of the 13th century: a well-known legend tells of his stay with Venus in the Venusberg and his later repentance.
(italics) an opera (1845) by Richard Wagner.
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How to use Tannhäuser in a sentence
Nowadays many organists find it possible to play the Overture to Tannhauser; the writer pleads guilty himself.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerCertainly nothing in the world is so solemn and impressive and so divinely beautiful as "Tannhauser."
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineOther way around you get Tannhauser and Venus and Elizabeth; two women, one man; more triangle and more trouble.
Lady Baltimore | Owen WisterHandel's largo, the overture to Tannhauser, and a fantasia on British airs,—each brought forth a different series of gestures.
On the Fringe of the Great Fight | George G. NasmithWhat ought a man to think of the Tannhauser, after hearing these five contradictory opinions?
British Dictionary definitions for Tannhäuser
/ (ˈtænˌhɔɪzə) /
13th-century German minnesinger, commonly identified with a legendary knight who sought papal absolution after years spent in revelry with Venus. The legend forms the basis of an opera by Wagner
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