Annals for 1862:
Metternich (New Year visit) postponed. Hatzfeld. Appeal to Berlin: troublesome reply. To Brussels: negative. Zürich: lion of San Marco. — Avenarius: Minna intervenes. — Decide on Mainz area. — In spite of all, good mood for writing. Taverne: Truinet. Gymnase: ‘Je dine chez ma mere.’ Flaxland. (Rienzi transaction.) Peter (Du:) Doll. End January Mastersingers poetry completed. — Champfleury: evening. moonlight; accompaniment. Olliviers: Blandine enigmatic: no farewell. — 1 Feb.: dinner at hotel. Truinets. Gasperini. Czermak. Departure. — Karlsruhe: two days. Kalliwoda. Grand Duke and Duchess: promise to return. 4 February: Mainz. Flood. 5, evening: Mastersingers reading at Schott’s. Cornelius on dot of 7: back next day. (Surety.) — Weissheimer. — Biebrich. Wiesbaden. — To Biebrich: Europäischer Hof. Take rooms at Architect Frickhöfer’s. Cold; ice breaking up. — Raff and wife. 15 February: move into new rooms: furniture from Paris. Piano. — Weissheimer. — Eight days later: Minna’s arrival. Unpack and arrange furniture. Cushion (Christmas present from M.W.) old scenes. Days at customs house: evenings at home. Engage Lieschen. — Darmstadt: Rienzi (Niemann. Dalwigk.) 1 March. accompany Minna to Frankfurt. (Theatre: comedy; Friederike Meier.) Return to Biebrich. Deeply disturbed: mood for work gone. Telegram from Grand Duke. 7 March (Osthofen) Karlsruhe. Reading of Mastersingers. Tannhäuser at theatre. Eduard Devrient. — 10 March return. Minna urges writing to King of Saxony about full amnesty: hard battle. Mathilde Wesendonck pregnant. Letter to Otto Wesendonck. Letter to King of Saxony. — More often to Frankfurt. (Don Guiterre.) Weissheimer. Lieschen. Gradual mood. — April and May: Countess Pourtales. Prelude to Mastersingers. Work going well. Biebrich Park. Weissheimer ill: visit him in Wiesbaden. — Soirée at Schott’s: Mathilde Maier. Pleasant spring: evening walks to Wiesbaden. (Gounod’s ‘Faust’.) Leo the dog on a chain: Frickhöfer. Visit Duke of Nassau: cigar. — Friedrike Meyer’s visit: scarlet fever. Guaita. Strange circumstances. — 22 May: for my birthday: Mathilde Maier from Mainz. Luise Wagner. Städel. Dr Schüler. — Often between Mainz and Frankfurt. ‘Das Schöne Fest, Johannistag’ — maid’s attack of hysterical laughter. — Bad exchange of letters with Minna: Pusinelli intervenes. Amnesty: former Court Musician. — Furniture to Dresden. June, Minna to Reichenhall. — Friedrike. Mathilde. — Guaita. — Mathilde: farewell on Rhine Bridge; tired donkey. Concern; reassuring however. — Wiesbaden: Städel; gambling table. Weissheimer: demon. — Karlsruhe: Schnorr and wife in Lohengrin. Grand Duke: discord over Devrient. Return. Correspondence with Devrient: complete break with Karlsruhe. — Beginning July: — Bülow; Cosima two days later. Soon: Schnorrs. (Dustmann: Vienna Tristan.) Much music-making: Tristan; Schnorrs. Weissheimer. Willig for Wesendonck. Dante profile. Röckel out of prison. Frankfurt Marksmen’s Festival. — Evening in Bingen: Friederike. Rüdesheim. Wiesbaden frequently. Raffs. David. Law suit for Lieschen. Outing with Bülows, Weissheimer and Röckel’s daughter to Rolandseck. Adventure with 100 gulden. Cross-move! with Friedr. Lohengrin in Wiesbaden. — August: bitten by Leo; for two months unable to write. — Five poems for Schott; latter starting to get difficult. Frankfurt: Tasso. Miners outside hotel. Bülows leave. Lohengrin planned for Frankfurt. Schott’s refusals: September. Kissingen. Return journey via Frankfurt. Friedr. Guaita. — Weissheimer; L. Wagner. Week in Frankfurt: direct Lohengrin. M.M. — Choral Society: Ignaz Lachner. Hopeless. Mastersingers laid aside. Furnishing Biebrich rooms. Tristan in Vienna; preparations for concerts. — October: (Blandine’s death). Weissheimer in Leipzig. Sad time. Orchestration of bits of Mastersingers. End October: to Leipzig. Eisenach: underlings’ pleasure. Wartburg. Hermann Brockhaus. Ottilie. Weissheimer concert: Bülow’s ‘Toggenburg’. The Sasha Ritters. Reading of Mastersingers at Brockhaus’s. Professor Weiss etc. Hartel. Lothar Müller. David. Franz Müller from Weimar with commissions and money from Grand Duke. Lassen. Pohl. — Leipzig: very bare. — Beginning November: Dresden (minus barricades). Fritz Brockhaus. Luise. Clara. Minna: Salve. Paris salon. Clare Wolfr: with her. Heine. (Schnorr.) Pusinelli. — Minister: Behr. Beust. Court Musician Kummer. 4 days (reading of Mastersingers). No help or prospects. — Take final leave of Minna. — Back to Leipzig: Alex. Ritter. Weissheimer. 7 November: back to Biebrich: pay and seek rooms for Mastersingers. Math. Maier. — 2 days later: Nuremburg; Friedr. M. (Visit to Jammertal). To Vienna: night journey, cold. Hotel Munsch: 2nd day: Hotel Kaiserin Elisabeth. 15 November. — Esser; Tristan. Friedr. M. ill. Visiting performance at Burgtheater. Laube. Frau Dustmann. — Standhartner: reading of Mastersingers. (Hanslick.) Cornelius. Tausig. (Irritation with both since summer; Geneva.) Doll. Tea with me. Increasing sufferings of Friedr. Meyer. Inexplicable situation. Prevail upon her to go to Venice for her health. December: preparation for concerts. (Little concerned about Tristan rehearsals.) Weissheimer. Tausig and Cornelius help. Also Brahms. (Uhl: Der Botschafter: Mastersingers Act I in feuilleton.) (Herr Moritz cause of nasty letter from Cosima: Tausig’s intervention.) Concert rehearsals: Helmesberger. Three Rhine maidens etc. Theater an der Wien: (Polish Faust). Liechtenstein: Countess Zamoiska. 26 December: Ist concert. (Dreadful expenses.) Empress alone. (Unpleasant correspondence with Venice.)