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
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