Brahms further made an intervention in 1860 in the debate on the future of German music which seriously misfired. Together with Joachim and others, he prepared an attack on Liszt's followers, the so-called "New German School" (although Brahms himself was sympathetic to the music of Richard Wagner, the School's leading light). In particular they objected to the rejection of traditional musical forms and to the "rank, miserable weeds growing from Liszt-like fantasias". A draft was leaked to the press, and the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik published a parody which ridiculed Brahms and his associates as backward-looking. Brahms never again ventured into public musical polemics.
brahms further made an intervention in 1860 in the debate on the future of german music which seriously misfired together with joachim and others he prepared an attack on liszt's followers the so-called "new german school" (although brahms himself was sympathetic to the music of richard wagner the school's leading light) in particular they objected to the rejection of traditional musical forms and to the "rank miserable weeds growing from liszt-like fantasias" a draft was leaked to the press and the neue zeitschrift für musik published a parody which ridiculed brahms and his associates as backward-looking brahms never again ventured into public musical polemics