[15] The concertmeister is the leader—i.e., leading violin of the orchestra. The capellmeister is the conductor of the orchestra.
[16] Moser's 'Life of Joachim.'
[17] To assist those of our readers to whom the terms 'musical form,' 'absolute music,' 'programme music,' convey no distinct ideas, and who do not realize with exactness what the real position of Wagner's art was in its relation to the school of Weimar, we have entered into these subjects, in [Appendix No. I.] of this volume, in detail which cannot be conveniently introduced into the body of our narrative.
[18] The accounts of some authors place the visit in Göttingen. They must be regarded as, in this respect, mistaken. Dr. Joachim is positive on the point. 'The whole scene lives clearly in my memory; it occurred in my rooms in Princes Street, Hanover,' he lately said to the present writer.
[19] Festival address at Meiningen, October 7, 1899.
[20] Moser's 'Life of Joachim.'
[21] 'Memoirs of a Musical Life.'
[22] From La Mara's 'Briefe hervorragender Zeitgenossen an Franz Liszt.'
[23] According to a personal communication to the author by Frau Dr. Langhans-Japha, to whom Brahms showed the case.
[24] 'Aus siebzig Jahren.'