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Guided Frau W. through the city; luncheon with the Church Councillor, then to the Hermitage; in the evening Beethoven sonatas, the first and the last Heroide, the intermediate period (the Waldstein Sonata), which R. calls the period of attained mastery and success, though therein a certain coldness remains. Traduzione in…

Father’s birthday — Frau W. with us throughout the day; likewise the three Br.s of the theatre: Brandt, Brückwald, and Brückner. The pattern for the curtain was chosen, very beautiful! … Yet Brandt ever complaining that there is so much negligence in regard to the building. The rain comes through….

The King did not receive the address of the clericals, [1] thanked his ministry, and retained it. Great rejoicing about that; people even speak of making an illumination. In the evening, Madame Wesendonck arrived, and we received her at the railway station. [1] Introduced by Josef Edmund Jörg (1819-1901), Bavarian…

Letter from Herr Unger: he is anxious, fearing breach of contract; R. writes him to set his mind at rest. We resolve to travel by way of Munich to Vienna, to confer on various matters with Hofrat Düfflipp. R. thinks it was mainly because of the local castles nearby for…

Visit from good Dean Dittmar [1], who chats long with me; in the afternoon our dear friend Feustel is to make his exposé with R. A fine day, a walk with R.; Fidi ever playing at railway: “If you are not a genius, you will at least be an engineer.”…

A good, quiet night for R. He drafts the circular [1] to the singers; I have household matters and business letters to attend to, and renewed French lessons for the little ones. In the evening R. reads to me Holtzmann’s [2] preface to “Celts and Germans”, and “Geraint and Enid”…