Steinbach's design ideas, conveyed through his student Walter Blume, are undoubtedly beneficial for rethinking one's own interpretation and fundamental for a historically informed performance practice of Brahms's music and that of his contemporaries. It is a small sensation: a typescript published in 1933 on the occasion of Johannes Brahms' 100th birthday, which has since led a life of obscurity, is now available again after 80 years. The conductor Fritz Steinbach's performance instructions (1855-1916) are meticulously documented through numerous musical examples from Brahms's symphonic works. Steinbach was appointed Hofkapellmeister in Meiningen in 1886 on Brahms's recommendation, succeeding Hans von Bülow, and held this position for 17 years. The close musical familiarity.