We left at 8 o’clock; Father accompanies us to the station. A sorrowful farewell! … In Neuhäusel, a gypsy band plays dances, and R. asks them for the Csárdás, which they play; it moves me deeply, so wild, fiery, and melancholically desolate, I must think of Father; the sky is gray. I would have liked to stay one more day in Pest with Father; I did not say it, but it was hard…
At 2 o’clock, we are welcomed in Vienna by the good Standhartners. Davidsohn writes to suggest a concert in Berlin. I reply on behalf of R., responding in detail. A great deal of money will be necessary, as the people in Karlsruhe are stirring up all the court orchestras, and now they have also persuaded the Schwerin orchestra to make higher demands.
[1] Neuhäusel = Nové Zámky (SK) = Ersekujvárról (HU), located about 25km from the border with Hungary in Slovakia, was famous for its gypsy bands that played on the platform.
Revised English translation by Jo Cousins.