Annals for 1863:
New Year’s Day 2nd concert. 8 Jan 3rd. Madame Kalergis (Empress Elisabeth.) Baroness Stockhausen; Lady Blomfield (Soirée at British Embassy.) Evening at Madame Kalergis’s, the Näkös (Liechtenstein and wife). Bulwer Lytton (with reading). (Egg punch with Cornelius.) Countess Bamfy. (Jaell.) Kalergis at court: Zamoiska (Archduchess Sophie). Könneritz (Ambassador of Saxony). No success. Standhartner. Kalergis helpful. — Little faith in Tristan after discouraging piano rehearsal at beginning of January. — Invitation to St Petersburg: Philharmonic Society. — February: Prague: concert (1000 gulden) Heinrich Porges. (Lieblein. Musil. — Marie Löwe-Lehmann.) Deal with Dingelstedt (Weimar). 8 days later back in Vienna. Very satisfactory piano rehearsal of Acts I and II of Tristan. — 15 to Biebrich — good weather: country villas. Plans to build. With M.M. and L.W. Bingen, Rüdesheim. Full powers. — 2 days. — Berlin (Bülows — piano school). Boni in mother’s womb. — Alwine Frommann. — Königsberg (over night). — Journey to Russia. (Livland nobleman — Police — military: adventure with musicians. Fur caps.) End Feb.: St Petersburg. Station; committee. — March: Nevsky Prospekt: Frau Kunst. Serov. — Ist philharm. concert. (Tannh. Dutch. Lohengrin. Russian hymn.) Baron Vittinghof. — Dr Arneth. Frau von Rhaden. — Count Wielohorski. — Fräulein Bianchi Serov. — Conductor Schubert. — 2nd phil. concert. (Trist. Mastersingers) — Rubinstein. — Own concert in Grand Theatre. Merchants’ Guild concert: small drum. Remarkable singers. — Soirée. — Grand Duchess Helen: Nibelung poem telegraphed for. Evening readings. Fraulein von Stahl. General Brebern-Lvov. — Moscow: ill. Old friends: Lutzau (from Riga.) Albrecht junior. (doch einer kam’.) Prince Odoyevsky: Rubinstein junior. 3 concerts in 6 days. Banquet with musicians and Prince. Kremlin. (Telegrams re building of house in Biebrich.) — 10 days later back to St Petersburg. (Ritter: also family.) Concert for Schubert. Evenings at Grand Duchess Helen’s. Fräulein von Rhaden. — Sent money to Minna: to Biebrich. — One more concert in noble hall. (2nd day of Easter. — Russian.) comes to nothing. 3 days later, concert for benefit of imprisoned debtors: General Suvorov. Silver horn. — Madame Abaza. Grand Duchess, for departure. Serov. (Nothing from Bülows.) Farewells. — End April, depart: Wirballen (frontier) telegram from Fraulein von Rhaden. (Not too bold!)— Berlin — Uneasy: Cosima safely delivered. (Splendid carriage.) Hans. Waitzmann. Letter from von Rhaden: country villa no go. Assets 4000 thalers. — Hotel de Russie: dinner. — Via Breslau to Vienna. — Tristan broken off: Dustmann ill. Old inn: forgo Biebrich. Cornelius in Munich. Tausig ill. — May: find rooms in Penzing: lease for 5 years. (Franz and Anna Mrazeck.) 12 May move in. — Math. Maier. — (Friedr. Mr. wandering about.) 22 fiftieth birthday. Students and merchants. Serenade. (Fritz Porges.) Hietzing. Schönbrunn. — June: difficulty with domestic arrangements. — Minna writes to Natalie. Rebuff. Great concern. (Munich asks for Flying Dutchman.) Correspondence with ladies. — Gold snuff-box from Moscow stolen. Pohl becomes my dog. — Help in house. Some orchestration of Mastersingers Act I. — Tristan given up. Very lonely. Tausig gradually recuperating. Furnishing: money finished. — End July: invitation to Budapest, two concerts at theatre. Remenyi. Rosti. Mosonyi. Countess Bethlen-Gabor. Danube trip and danger. Kaiserbad: tziganes. — Count Coronini (Ofen). — Baron Augusz. — Banquet: toasts, Rakoczy March. — Baron Rabatinsky. Tenor Steger. Radnotfay. — Beginning August: return. (von Seebach.) M.V. into house. Visit Remenyi with Plotenyi. Garden. Great heat. Rambles: Ober St Veit. Hutteldorf: Esser. Remenyi’s offers for Budapest. False hopes. Concert trip for autumn. Some orchestration. Many refusals: e.g. Darmstadt. Karlsruhe difficult. (Correspondence with Grand Duke.) Keeping in suspense. Promissory notes. Plans in a mess. Give up — where to go? — (Duncker: History of Antiquity.) Tausig back in Floridsdorf. New world. Strauss. General hubbub. — Polish up-rising: Russia difficult. — Promissory notes. October. Cornelius. Also H. Porges. Outings: Brühl; fall. — Niece of Ottilie. Laube. Peter every day. Desire to compose. Break off. Article for ‘Botschafter’. Beginning November: on concert tour. Prague. 2 concerts: bad. (Kittl.) Via Nuremburg, Stuttgart to Karlsruhe; Kalliwoda. Will. R. Pohl. Mainz comes visiting. Kalergis-Mukhanov. 14. Concert. Ed Devrient. Grand Duke. Second requested. — Dinner in Baden. P. Viardot. Turgenev. Mukhanov. — Brief visit to Zürich: negative. — 19 November 2nd concert. Fur coat out of it. Present. — (Good link?) Raff. Em. Genast. Eckert. — Fatigue: revulsion. Dresden written off. By night: Mainz. Schott’s proposition. The Maiers: Karthäusergasse; peaceful night. — Night journey via Frankfurt to Berlin: Bülows at station. Stay one day. Concert. (Frommann on the stairs.) Waitzmann. (28 Nov:) — Löwenberg. Conductor Seifriz. Prince Hohenzollern. Rehearsals. Concert. Henriette Bissing. Dinner: Toast. Present from Prince. Money to Vienna for bill. Schubert. symph. (C minor Beethoven.) 4 Dec. Breslau. Damrosch family. Blum. 1 concert. (Judea) Frau von Bissing. Plans for me. Against Russian tour: promises help. — M. Buch. — 9 Dec. back to Vienna. Franz at station. Pohl; Stritzel. Week of peace: Peter. Heinrich. Money deals. — Frau von B. hopeful. October: theatre article in Botschafter. Uhl. — Christmas. Everyone receives present. — 27 Dec. Tausig’s concert in Redoutensaal (Freischütz Overture). Ottchen B. Very low state: nevertheless consider journey to Kiev. Bissing correspondence: precarious yet hopeful. Much thought of death: instructions for this eventuality. Nevertheless decide to resume work. — New Year at Standhartner’s: Ottchen Br. Peter’s poem. —