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R. always sleepless or tormented by wild dreams. “At least let me have Eva,” with these words he woke up when he saw me leaving him with the children. Before he had felt himself to be an object of scorn and contempt!  He dines with Karl Kolb and comes back…

R. had another bad night! … Mr Skutsch is travelling to Leipzig to consult a lawyer! –– Sergeant Schlickau continues his teaching, and significant progress is already evident! …  In the evening, Mr Glatz, a very cultivated and agreeably handsome man, his voice is powerful, but the outcome of the…

R. had a very poor night… Around midday, Mr Glatz[1], the future Siegfried, arrives. He brings news from Richter, whose fiancée[2] is of Jewish descent. In the afternoon the notary Skutsch, there is little hope of ridding oneself from the gentlemen[3] through legal means, and thus the situation is almost…

Feustel's birthday. R. feels a little better but does not attend due to considerable fatigue; I bring the well-wishes and gifts with Eva and Fidi. Friedrich Feustel (Januar 21, 1824 – Oktober 12, 1891) Banker, politician, entrepreneur, enabler of the Bayreuth enterprise. Foehn air, which has a very bad effect…

[January 1875] By inviting you to participate in the orchestra of my stage festival to be held in Bayreuth, I assume, as was conveyed to you through previous communications, that you are familiar with the conditions solely under which I may accept your participation. As you are aware, the formation…

[20th January 1875] In the course of the personal intercourse with you, which it has been my privilege to enjoy, you have learned of my wish to secure your participation in carrying into effect, under absolutely unique conditions, a three-fold performance of my four-part stage work entitled the “Ring of the…