In October 1853 Robert Schumann published an article called Neue Bahnen, New Paths, in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, the journal he had co-founded in 1834. The article introduced a young composer: Er heißt Johannes Brahms, kam von Hamburg, dort in dunkler Stille schaffend. (His name is Johannes Brahms. He came from Hamburg, where he had been working in dark silence.) Schumann told his readers that Brahms had been trained by an excellent teacher and recommended to him by einem verehrten bekannten Meister, a respected and well-known master. Das ist ein Berufener, Schumann wrote. This is one who has been called. Brahms wrote to Schumann that he feared he could not meet the standards the public would now expect.