[27] Schumann.
[28] Communicated in a letter to the author by Dr. Deiters.
[30] Cf. Dietrich, p. 54 et seq. The dates in the text are given on the authority of Frau Schumann's diary.
[31] The strict strophic form is that in which voice-melody and accompaniment are the same in each verse. It admits, however, of several kinds of modification, as by varied accompaniment, slight variation of voice-melody, and so forth. The 'durchcomponirtes' Lied, for which there is no technical English term, is that of which the text is set throughout to fresh musical thoughts and developments.
[32] Those who wish to study Brahms' treatment of folk-music in detail are referred to Hohenemser's articles, 'Brahms und die Volksmusik,' in Die Musik, Nos. 15 and 18, 1903.
[33] Dated 1866 in the Thematic Catalogue.
[34] Sir C. Villiers Stanford remembers being present at a public performance of the German Requiem in London earlier than that of the Philharmonic Society. This was at a students' concert of the Royal Academy of Music under John Hullah, the then conductor of the orchestra, the date of which, however, the author has not succeeded in ascertaining.
[35] 'Johannes Brahms in Erinnerung,' p. 37.
[36] 'Meine Bekanntschaft mit Brahms,' Die Musik, No. 5 of 1902.