• Origin and childhood
• First journey, acquaintance with Robert Schumann
• Between Detmold, Hanover and Hamburg
• The first Viennese years
• Brahms' concert tours
• The „Deutsche Requiem"
• On the top of the career
• The summer stays

• The Viennese circle of friends around Johannes Brahms:
• Christian Albert Theodor Billroth
• Brüll, Ignaz
• Epstein, Julius
• Faber, Arthur
• Fellinger, Dr. Richard
• Hanslick, Eduard
• Hellmesberger, Joseph
• Heuberger, Richard Franz Joseph
• Kalbeck, Max
• Miller-Aichholz, Viktor
• Mandyczewski, Eusebius
• Nottebohm, Martin Gustav
• Brahms and Wagner

• The symphonist Brahms
• The piano music
• The solo concerts
• The lieder works
• Select list of works

Memorial places and museums and important towns

Further reading