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Lessons for Lusch; reflections on a boarding school, first gymnastic lesson. R. reads Finlay in the morning and sees a parallel between the ideals of the Roman and the German Empires: “Just as it was a matter of great pride to regard oneself as a Roman citizen even when there…
View moreR. works and is satisfied with the Marienbad water. I settle correspondence and domestic upsets. A part of Götterdammerung with Richter in the afternoon. In the evening third act of Die Walküre.
View moreNothing but unpleasantness. The architect has got the service accommodation completely wrong, complaints, on top of that paper-hanger bunglings, and ever-mounting costs! But fortunately R. is able to work. R. goes through Götterdämmerung with Richter in the afternoon, various parts of Die Walküre with the other musicians in the evening….
View moreNothing of importance, either inside or out; R. works. In the evening there was to be music, but it has to be abandoned, since R. is very vexed by the “capers” of J. Rubinstein, who starts off playing like a virtuoso; we take up something from Christus, but the session…
View moreGave the elder girls piano lessons, did history with Lusch, wrote to Hemsen, the librarian; the mere mention of my friend’s death oppresses me and bows me down. — In the afternoon a severe thunderstorm, which is kind enough not to last forever, unlike the Wandering Jew. When I tell…
View moreThe children playing a lot with Richter. We have domestic difficulties and I many worries. Sketches from Hoffmann, who has at last made the alterations! R. works. The musicians come in the evening, and the third act of Siegfried is gone through; during it I think with unutterable melancholy of…
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