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1833 Born 7 May in Hamburg, Germany
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Brahms spent at least fourteen years completing this work, whose sketches date from 1854
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Brahms returns to Hamburg. On the way, he spends four months in Detmold (a visit repeated in the autumn of the next two years), where he worked as court pianist, chamber musician, and Conductor of the Court Choir
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Moves to Winterthür, to be near Theodor Kirchner
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1865 31 January: Brahms's mother dies
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1872 11 February: Brahms's father dies. In September Brahms accepts a position as Conductor of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde
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The premiere was given on December 30, 1877 in Vienna under the direction of Hans Richter
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The premiere performance was given on 2 December 1883 by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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1892 Death of his sister Elise; death of Elisabeth von Herzogenberg
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Died: April 3, 1897 - Vienna, Austria
