Mikael Rasmusson ([log in to unmask]) wrote: >Deryk Barker: > >>Wasn't FAE Brahms's motto? Frei aber einsam (Free but alone)? > >That's a possibility. His most well-known motto must be F-Ab-F, "Frei aber >Froh" (Free (single) but happy). You can find it in the third symphony. Ah, blame the memory. In that case FAE was the motto of Joachim. Deryk Barker [log in to unmask]