Category: Cosima Wagner Diaries

Worked with Loldi. At lunch R. says that on Fidi’s account he has drafted a complete educational plan, he would like to send it to Falk, the Minister of Education, and see a large prize offered for working it out in detail. “If the minister does not do something about…

Resumption of lessons with Isolde, interrupted by some callers and an invitation to coffee (Frl. v. Kohlhagen). R. feels very annoyed at Bismarck’s last appearance in Parliament, he says he would like to write to him saying that, having committed the great folly of forming this Parliament, he should at…

Visits, I playing with the children, R. still writing letters[1]. In the evening, music. R. plays the Quartet in E-flat Major with Josef Rubinstein as a piano duet. [1] One of these letters goes to Ignaz von Heim with a little serenade.

R. writes letters, among others to Voltz and Batz, the relationship with whom is causing difficulties. The children go skating morning and afternoon.  In the evening R. reads to me from Secret Societies-, though written from a Catholic standpoint, the book is very instructive. —

Thrice sacred, memorable day! Toward the hour of noon R. calls to me upstairs, asking me to bring him the newspapers; since he had yesterday complained how worn out he felt and had also assured me that he would not finish before Sunday, I thought that tiredness had prevented his…