But the dozens of concerts and recitals in America and Europe for Brahms's centenary are a good occasion to recall how controversial a figure he often was, and how problematic his reputation.
The fact is that Obama is a controversial president during a difficult time in American history.
Planners have approved a controversial scheme for a supermarket in a Cumbrian town and blocked a rival development.
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These members also worry that the Muslim Brotherhood, a controversial group with a violent past, has an undue influence over the mosque.
Objections to a controversial plan for a new coal-fired power station in Ayrshire will be heard at the Court of Session later.
Work has begun to take away a controversial statue depicting a naked boy with a frog in a part of ancient Venice, Italian media report.
Then in 1976, Abraham introduced Dexatrim, a controversial once-a-day diet pill.
But those security aims have been achieved, and there would be little point in making such a controversial concession for a prize that has already been won.
Influential Conservative commentator Tim Montgomerie replied that he thought this was a controversial thing for a PPS to say, given they are expected to be loyal to the government.
Shanghai Morning Post says a local court judge in Henan province has been detained for handing down a controversial ruling over a traffic accident last September that killed three people.
This has not been the recent practice, and it means that Presidents could not wait, say, until a recess in December to appoint a controversial replacement for a Secretary of State who resigned in October.
In a controversial Schwab ad, a manager at an unnamed brokerage exhorts his troops to push a lame stock on customers.
In South Korea President Kim Dae-jung pushed through a controversial 1999 act guaranteeing a minimum income to the poor, even if they could work.
But, within two minutes, referee Steve Ganson gave a controversial call, adjudging a high challenge on Saints debutant Nathan Ashe - and Foster held his nerve to slot the resulting penalty from 45 metres.
Paul, son of Libertarian Rep. and perennial presidential candidate Ron Paul, has been a highly controversial candidate as a result of his stance on civil rights and his desire to see a dramatic shrinking in the role of the federal government.
First, gold medal favourite Frankie Gavin was forced to fly home after failing to make the weight, then the seven remaining boxers were given tough draws, before young prospect Joe Murray went down to a controversial points decision against a Chinese fighter.
But after a school trip to see a much-lauded Royal Shakespeare Company performance of "Richard II, " and a visit to the cinema with classmates to see Stanley Kubrick's controversial " A Clockwork Orange, " his ambitions turned instead to film and theater.
President Morsi temporarily gave himself sweeping new powers last month, and pushed ahead a referendum on a controversial new constitution, sparking a political crisis.
Last October NTV broadcast a controversial documentary called Anatomy Of A Protest 2, which alleged that anti-Kremlin protest leaders in Russia were funded by a Georgian MP.
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On Wednesday it emerged that a controversial proposal to offer offenders a 50% sentence cut for early guilty pleas is likely to be scrapped or significantly curtailed.
Other subpoenas issued by the Senate committee including those for bank records to track DNC donations raised at a controversial fund-raiser at a Buddhist temple in California last spring.
In Louisiana, the GOP candidate was Woody Jenkins, a controversial figure who nearly won a Senate race in 1996 but who concealed a campaign payment to ex-Klansman David Duke for his mailing lists.
As the Obama administration establishes its foreign policy, it must grapple with a strategy for U.S. relations with Iran, which has continued a controversial nuclear program and launched a satellite into orbit this week.
All eyes are on batsmen but of those topping the wicket table only Warwickshire - who Surrey beat in a controversial bowl-out after a tie in the quarter-final - are not in the final four.
That narrow defeat, which hinged on a controversial refereeing decision, is a major bone of contention between the two sides and will add an extra dimension to what is already sizing up to be a thrilling encounter.
John Rankin went close to giving Hibs a controversial equaliser when he sent a drive a few yards wide with Celtic claiming not only that they should have had the free-kick but that the visitors had stolen several yards for the set-piece.
Education reform, a controversial subject in Guatemala, is a necessary reform that has been delayed for decades.
Work is set to start on a controversial scheme to reduce congestion along a busy route into Leicester.
But the debate over the extent of voter fraud is just as controversial as a voter ID debate.
Any agency rule as costly or controversial as a net neutrality mandate should not go into effect until Congress approves it.
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