[Illustration: J. Brahms] THE LIFE OF JOHANNES BRAHMS BY FLORENCE MAY IN TWO VOLUMES VOL. II. _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS_ LONDON EDWARD ARNOLD 41 & 43 MADDOX STREET, BOND STREET, W. 1905 (_All rights reserved_) CONTENTS OF VOL. II. CHAPTER XII 1862-1864 PAGE Vienna--Musical societies--Leading musicians--The Prater--Brahms' appearance at a Hellmesberger Quartet concert--Brahms' first concert in Vienna--Conductorship of Hamburg Philharmonic--First Serenade at Gesellschaft concert--Brahms' second concert--Richard Wagner--Second Serenade at Vienna Philharmonic concert--Return to Hamburg--Brahms elected conductor of Vienna Singakademie--Return to Vienna--Singakademie concerts under Brahms 1 CHAPTER XIII 1864-1867 Frau Schumann in Baden-Baden--Circle of friends there--Hermann Levi--Madame Pauline Viardot-Garcia--The Landgräfin of Hesse and the Pianoforte Quintet--Concert-journey--The Horn Trio--Frau Caroline Schnack--Last visit to Detmold--First Sonata for Pianoforte and Violoncello--The German Requiem--Brahms at Zürich--Billroth--Brahms and Joachim on a concert-tour in Switzerland--Hans v. Bülow--Reinthaler 27 CHAPTER XIV 1867-1869 Brahms' holiday journey with his father and Gänsbacher--Austrian concert-tour with Joachim--The German Requiem--Performance of the first three choruses in Vienna--Tour with Stockhausen in North Germany and Denmark--Performance of the German Requiem in Bremen Cathedral--Brahms settles finally in Vienna--Brahms and Stockhausen give concerts in Vienna and Budapest 57 CHAPTER XV 1869-1872 Brahms and Opera--Professor Heinrich Bulthaupt--The Liebeslieder--First performance--The Rhapsody (Goethe's 'Harzreise') performed privately at Carlsruhe--First public performance at Jena--Geheimrath Gille--The 'Song of Triumph'--Performance of first chorus at Bremen--Bernhard Scholz--The 'Song of Destiny'--First performance--Death of Johann Jakob Brahms--First performance of completed 'Triumphlied' at Carlsruhe--Summary of Brahms' work as a composer since 1862 89 CHAPTER XVI 1872-1876