Category: Cosima Wagner Diaries
Various preparations for the journey, accompanied by much indescribable sorrow concerning the two older children! … I make several visits and run some errands. In the evening, R. vividly recalls “Faust”, particularly the scene with the Easter song with the walk and the first encounter with Mephisto, and reads it…
View morePayment of wages, with ever more certain knowledge gained of the worthlessness of our former servant, in whom we had placed our absolute trust. – I hope that order has now been restored. Constant preoccupation with the upcoming journey. – In the evening, a singer, Mr. von Reichenberg[1] from Mannheim,…
View moreA great many errands for the household; R. is engaged in a most diligent exchange of telegrams concerning the concert in Berlin (whether Materna shall be included or not). In the evening, music— the second sonata from Opus 102, with the magnificent Adagio; yet it is the Scherzo from the…
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Unfortunately not a good night for R. In the morning, I had to arrange the laundry; he still has troubles with the orchestra, they are raising the terms so high that the and the conditions regarding these are raised to such an extent that the costs are considerably increased. A Mr….
View moreIn the morning, I attend the Holy Communion with Lusch for the first time! She is deeply shaken, without me having to say much to her. A letter from Ritter, who is now working as a clerk in a shop! We quickly decide to take his son into our care…
View moreFarewell to Elisabeth Nietzsche, who has rendered me such a service here. I accompany her to the station. The afternoon is spent writing letters and managing the household, R. unfortunately not well, having caught a cold; the formation of the orchestra is troubling him. The performance for the King in…
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