Publication of the 'Triumphlied' with a dedication to the German Emperor William I.--Brahms conducts the 'Gesellschaft concerts'--Schumann Festival at Bonn--Professor and Frau Engelmann--String Quartets--First performances--Anselm Feuerbach in Vienna--Variations for Orchestra--First performances--'Triumphlied' at Cologne, Basle, and Zürich--Resignation of appointment as 'artistic director' to the Gesellschaft--Third Pianoforte Quartet 115 CHAPTER XVII 1876-1878 Tour in Holland--Third String Quartet--C minor Symphony--First performances--Varying impressions created by the work in Vienna and Leipzig--Brahms and Widmann at Mannheim--Second Symphony--Vienna and Leipzig differ as to its merits 145 CHAPTER XVIII 1878-1881 Hamburg Philharmonic Jubilee Festival--Violin Concerto; first performance by Joachim--Pianoforte Pieces, Op. 76--Sonata for Pianoforte and Violin--First performances--Brahms at Crefeld--Rhapsodies for Pianoforte--Heuberger's studies with Brahms--Second Schumann Festival at Bonn--Brahms' two Overtures--Breslau honorary degree 169 CHAPTER XIX 1881-1885 Second Pianoforte Concerto--First visit to the ducal castle of Meiningen--'Nänie'--Frau Henriette Feuerbach--Hans von Bülow in Leipzig--Brahms' Vienna friends--Dr. and Frau Fellinger--Pianoforte Trio in C major--First String Quintet--The 'Parzenlied'--Third Symphony 193 CHAPTER XX 1885-1888 Vienna Tonkünstlerverein--Fourth Symphony--Hugo Wolf--Brahms at Thun--Three new works of chamber music--First performances of the second Violoncello Sonata by Brahms and Hausmann--Frau Celestine Truxa--Double Concerto--Marxsen's death--Eugen d'Albert--The Gipsy Songs--Conrat's translations from the Hungarian--Brahms and Jenner--The 'Zum rothen Igel'--Ehrbar's Brahms'-birthday asparagus luncheons--Third Sonata for Pianoforte and Violin 214 CHAPTER XXI 1889-1895 Hamburg honorary citizenship--Christmas at Dr. Fellinger's--Second String Quintet--Mühlfeld--Clarinet Quintet and Trio--Last journey to Italy--Sixtieth birthday--Pianoforte Pieces--Billroth's death--Brahms' collection of German Folk-songs--Life at Ischl--Clarinet Sonatas--Frau Schumann, Brahms, and Joachim together for the last time 239 CHAPTER XXII 1895-1897