He first visited Vienna in 1862, staying there over the winter, and, in 1863, was appointed conductor of the Vienna "Singakademie".
=== Detmold in Hamburg ===Po Schumannovi smrti v sanatoriju leta 1856 je Brahms deloval med Hamburgom, kjer je ustanovil in vodil ženski zbor, ter Detmoldom v Kneževini Lippe, kjer je bil dvorni glasbeni pedagog in dirigent.