"If I had known that it was possible to compose such a concerto for the cello, I would have tried it myself!"

"It always saddens me to think that after all I am not yet a proper musician; but I have more aptitude for the calling…"

"I wish I could write to you as tenderly as I love you and tell you all the good things that I wish you. You are so in…"

"High on the mountain, deep in the valley, I greet you a thousandfold."

"There is so much that is true in your letter — if not all— and I must confess that with remorse and regret; but with …"

"If there is any one here tonight whom I have not offended, I apologize!"

"Applying here Brahms' contributions to an unrestricted musical language will enable the opera composer to overcome th…"

"One of the giants of classical music, Johannes Brahms appeared to arrive fully armed, found a style in which he was c…"

"He came as a true friend, to share with me all my sorrow; he strengthened my heart as it was about to break, he lifte…"

"I played over the music of that scoundrel Brahms. What a giftless bastard! It annoys me that this self-inflated medio…"