。。。Yet the constant place of this symphony in the conposer's thoughts is shown by the many references to it in his letters, as in the one of to Clara Cchumann of 12 septmber 1868. "thus blew the shepherd's horn today', wrote Brahms,quoting the horn solo from the introduction to the finale, under which he added the words"High on the mountain, deep in the valley, I greet you many thousand times"
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