In the course of the year, Spina of Vienna (Cranz of Hamburg) published a setting of the 13th Psalm for three-part women's Chorus, with accompaniment for organ or pianoforte; and four Duets for Contralto and Baritone, dedicated to Frau Amalie Joachim. Breitkopf and Härtel issued two Motets for five-part mixed Chorus _a capella_ (the first set to a verse of a church hymn by Paul Speratus, 1484-1551; the second to words from the 51st Psalm); a Sacred Song by Paul Fleming, 1609-1640 (set for two-part mixed Chorus, and written in double canon); and the three Quartets for Solo voices to which we have already referred as Op. 31. Rieter-Biedermann published a set of nine Songs (Op. 32), No. 9 of which is the exquisite 'Wie bist du meine Königin,' one of the most fragrant love-songs ever composed; and a set of German Folk-songs, without opus number, dedicated to the Vienna Singakademie. An Organ Fugue in A flat minor was published as a supplement to No. 29 of the _Allgemeine Musikzeitung_, edited, as the reader may remember, by Selmar Bagge. [1] Head of the celebrated Vienna firm of pianoforte-makers. [2] The _Deutsche Musikzeitung_ of November 29, the very day of the concert, announces vocal duets and choruses by Brahms as part of the programme. The review of the concert in the same paper concludes: 'Frau Passy-Cornet and Herr Fürchtgott assisted the concert-giver, whose programme was altered, by performing songs and ballads.' [3] Egg-punch was a birthday institution in the family. The Wednesday in question was probably the birthday of Brahms' mother. [4] Reimann's 'Johannes Brahms.' Published in facsimile opposite p. 28. [5] Moser's 'Joseph Joachim,' p. 177. [6] 'Aus meinem Leben.' [7] Probably a private performance. Hellmesberger's published programmes give the first concert performance of the work by his quartet party as on December 27, 1863. [8] 'Brahms Erinnerungen,' by Franz Fribberg (_Berliner Tagblatt_, December 18, 1898). N.B.--Fribberg was a member of the Philharmonic orchestra of Vienna at the period in question. [9] The collection is now in the Imperial Gallery on the Burg Ring. [10] This and the extract immediately following are from some letters first published by Hanslick in the _Neue Freie Presse_ of July 1, 1897, and republished in _Am Ende des Jahrhunderts_ ('Der Modernen Oper,' Part VIII.): 'Johannes Brahms.' 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--Death of Frau Brahms--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 von Bülow--Reinthaler.