Apparent printer's errors have been retained, unless stated below.

Missing page numbers are attributed to blank or unnumbered pages in the original text.

Punctuation, capitalization, accents and formatting markup have been made consistent.

Illustrations have been moved to be closer to their discussion in the text.

Page vi, "Geheimrathe" changed to "Geheimrath" for consistency. (Geheimrath Gille)

Page 11, "Weiner" changed to "Wiener". ('The serenade, a fine, interesting, and intellectual work, deserved warmer acknowledgment,' wrote Speidel in the Wiener Zeitung.)

Page 13, "music alnature" changed to "musical nature". (Though he could not stoop to the attempt to dazzle his public by phenomenal feats of virtuosity, the grace, tenderness, and truth of his musical nature appealed to his southern audience, whilst the significance of his genius dawned on the perception of one or two discerning musicians.)

Page 54, "Weiner" changed to "Wiener". (The musical critic of the Wiener Zeitung writes that Herr Brahms was cordially received by his "party.")

Page 54, "muscial" changed to "musical". (If, however, the audience of the evening is to be described as the "party" of the distinguished artist, it must be said that his party consists of the cultivated experts of musical Vienna.')

Page 55, "give" changed to "gave". (Joachim and I probably gave concerts here before.)

Page 62, "Weiner" changed to "Wiener". (Hirsch did not fail to make use of his opportunity in the Wiener Zeitung.)

Page 106, "performe dearly" changed to "performed early". (The Schicksalslied was published by Simrock in December, and was performed early in 1872 in Bremen, Breslau, Frankfurt, and Vienna.)

Page 117, "works" changed to "work". (Both as regards its form and its treatment of masses, this work bears the stamp of a masterpiece.)

Page 119, "Waiden" changed to "Weiden". ('Dort in den Weiden steht ein Haus.')

Page 139, "Solennis" changed to "Solemnis". (On December 6—Beethoven's Missa Solemnis in D major.)

"Wiesemann, I." moved to page 319 to restore the Index's alphabetical order.

Page 277, "in is" changed to "is in". (The fourth prelude, 'Herzlich thut mich erfreuen,' is in a somewhat lighter vein than the others, but is, none the less, absolutely and distinctly Brahms.)