Category: #countdown1876

Up already at half past four to attend to letters which could not be written yesterday. Dreary weather, then worked with the children. — At midday, Prof. Doepler, thereafter some Bayreuth ladies, and in the evening, Prof. Doepler again with our friend Feustel. Once more the question of lodgings — it…

R. had a very bad night; too many worries — and on top of that, troubling news from Father! … As I can scarcely bear the anxiety any longer, I send a telegram and learn that his condition is improving. In the afternoon, R. tests the music stands! — Herr…

Conference regarding lodgings. R. thereafter much agitated and unwell. When I consider that “Parsifal” might be brought into being, and yet time and strength are sacrificed to such matters, I feel near to despair. What power sustains us?? — — —  In the afternoon, Mr. Unger, whose earnestness gives R….

Troubled night with bad dreams; at breakfast with R., the entire conduct of the imperial authorities toward his enterprise is discussed; R. intends, after the rehearsals, to address them once more, but should nothing come of it, then to turn to the Americans. Inquiry sent to Miss Tietjens,[1] who is…

Awoke well, R. related how he does not truly live when I am not present — how nothing holds meaning, how he would not even have the gas lit. I write some ten letters over the course of the day. R. receives many inquiries from the Americans and, in the…

R. sent me the most curious letter from Herr Brahms, [1] as artful and unpleasing as his compositions. — At nine o’clock, farewell to Father — heartbreaking; he is in a most grievous state! … A sorrowful journey to Eisenach, with a five-hour wait; I visited the Wartburg.At eleven o’clock…