Category: February 1875

Preparations for Eva’s birthday; R. occupied with business matters. “I wish all this nonsense were over so I could get started on “Parzival”, he says. Explained Ash Wednesday to the children. In the evening, a small gathering. The variations on the theme of the “Eroica” do not quite please us,…

Restless night. I dreamt of torture devices and murderers, while R. dreamt of Frederick the Great, whom he saw approaching with his general staff, wearing a peculiar hat made only of two wings; we on higher ground; he wanting to come up, and we helping him. He asks: “Where is…

A joyful feeling, being alone together once again! R. is very satisfied with Gfrörer and his interpretation of John. In the evening, Mr. Glatz reports that he is returning to Pest due to an inheritance matter; “the dead ride quickly,”[1] says R. – We review the Symphony of the poor…

I dreamt I had a lot of pins in my mouth. – Farewell to the Richters; it was confirmed that the concert in Pest will take place after the one in Vienna. That which does not belong together falls apart, no matter how closely it has come together; I feel…

Our couple to the theater with the children; the young woman very strange. At lunch, a few words about Glatz’s singing, misunderstanding. A rather difficult day. In the evening, a very moving letter from Doris v. Berckefeld, asking me to be the godmother of her son. I accepted immediately. In…

To you therefore — as always — briefly and to the point!  Knapp bores me somewhat with the absurd-sounding clause in regard to certain particular deductions. Eilers and other excellent artists, as well as the poor Unger, accept the simple compensation — Eilers, in fact, only ninety thalers a month….