New German School
He was the editor of the "Neue Zeitschrift für Musik", taking over in 1845 the position relinquished by Robert Schumann (in 1844) and remaining in post until his death in 1868. Brendel coined the phrase "Neudeutsche Schule" (New German School) to describe the progressive musical movement in Germany headed by Richard Wagner and Franz Liszt in the middle of the nineteenth century. He died in Leipzig.