Annals for 1867:
1 Jan.: Zürich. (Semper. Theatre model. — Return journey: vow.) 7 C. with Lusch to Basle. — Composition. Text: final lines. — King urging return. Hohenlohe. Dr Schanzenbach. — Düfflipp. — Agreement. — 7 Feb.: pencil sketch of Act III ready! — 13 Feb.: ‘Prussian Nobleman’. — 16 11 p.m.: midwife. Dr Suiter. Night. 17 Feb. 9.45 (Walther’s song:) Eva’s birth. — 2 o’clock: Hans. — Garden. (Russ.) (18. Parz. betrothed) Hans at meals. 19. Christening in Lucerne. (Richter. Agnes.) Dining room with door open. After 8 days H. back to Basle. 9th day. — 5 March. Composition of Mastersingers completed. King. ‘Do not break with B.’ — 9th Munich. (Röckel. Franz. Bayerischer Hof Hotel. — Schnaufer — ) 10th with King. Düffl. Schanzenbach. Peter. (Hotel teas.) 12th Hohenlohe. 13th Hans from Stuttgart. — Princess Sophie. (At Pr. Ludwig’s —
Kammerdiener.) — ‘Dear God’. (16 March.) 17. King again. Physiognomical change. 18th early, return home. Hans as far as Augsburg: Eva. — Cos. in Zürich: black fur coat. (Butterflies.) Orchestration Act II begun. Tausig piano score. (Horn solo) Duties towards ‘the children’. Very serious. — 25 Alpnacht. — 26 Cos. to Basle. — Beginning April: from Munich; Röckel on Düffl. — Immediate departure: Cos. as far as Romanshorn. (Child’s steps.) Munich: next day King; Hans furious telegram. — Düffl.’s apology. Hohenlohe. Tauffkirchen. Röckel.
After 3 days. via Lake Constance to Basle. 3 Kings. Bad and good. Decision by telegram. Relief. — Concert rehearsal: Oberon aria. Em. Genast. (Merian.)
Shopping with C. — 9 April back: Lucerne. Next day Cos. Differences. Points of obscurity. — Beckenried: boat to Brunnen; Axenstrasse to Flüelen. Night watchman. — Bürglen: Palm Sunday! — (Pifferari.) Boat to the Grütli. Watering.
Brunnen. Evening, back. — 15 Apr. C.’s departure. (Extremely exhausting.)
Work. Confusion. May — but no spring! Great anxiety. Little Eva’s thinness.
Debilitating gastritis. — 19 May. Semper on visit. C’s telegram. 21st Journey to Munich: cold and rainy. ‘Adolphe’. Benj. Constant. Cs and Hs at station: Bayerischer Hof. 22nd 10 a.m.: Starnberg; Villa Prestel. (C.) Then Berg: King. 5 o’clock back. C. at station. Telegraph to Lucerne. — Bad health. Vacillation. (Lang. Ovations.) King off riding and travelling. Few days Arcostrasse. Richter with Loldi and Koss. — Luise and Ottchen Brckh. — Lohengrin: Tichatsch. — 30 May evening to Starnberg: Richter, Franz, Anna, Koss. (Mommsen.) Piano work table. ‘Sail and Wind’. June: King Wartburg. — Piano rehearsals in Munich. — Tichatschek trouble. Düffl. — Hans furious. (Cornelius and fiancée) Starnberg - — Munich. Laube’s ‘German War’. — 11 June: dress-rehearsal: puppet hubbub. Röckel with ill tidings: King opposed to Tichatsch. (Commands.) Riding party. — 13th Bülows with children Villa Prestele. King’s letter to Düffl. 15 June departure: (Koss under coat: Augsb; Hohenlohe.) Triebschen: rebuilding and alterations. Letters of repentance from King. — Begin scoring. 22nd Act II finished with difficulty. (Nohl: Beethoven II.) Bad health. Trouble with building. — Meals in garden. Eva getting strong. (Fate!) Blue sky. (Mérimée.) Wallenstein: ‘Bernhard von Weimar’. July: Munich performances. (also Tannh.: with new scenes. Silent.) Work. — August: H. Porges. — Hans. Children (without C.). Misunderstanding. Hans to St Moritz. (Tausig in Ragatz.) About mid-August: Cs. (No outings.) Furnishing of Stolzing. Gallery. (Velasquez Visitors.) The Willes on visit. — September: Negotiations re ‘Süddeutsche Presse’. (Röckel and Fröbel.) Düfflip comes. Grumbling. Finally ‘friendship’. Presse fixed. Articles: the K and the P. — Hans from Graubünden: letters. — Cos. to Basle: dentist. Much anxiety. 15 Sept. Farewell at my bedside: carriage rolls away. — Work. Richter daily at table: gallery. Continuation of articles. — October. (Schiller: Wallenstein. Also Faust Part II.) Liszt’s visit: dreaded but pleasant. 1 day. Morning: awakening of sleeper. — My letter to Hans about nirvana: acceptance reported. — Rome. Points of obscurity; incomprehensible. Great fear. 24 October Mastersingers score completed. For week to Paris. Grand Hotel. Truinet. Exhibition: schoolchildren; butterflies. Shopping: pottograph. Polykrates ordered. Dinner with Truinet and father. (Very excited and weak.) Metternichs. Bad impression of city. Toutsaint. — Royalty. — 3 Nov. back to Triebschen. — Proofs. (Golden pheasant.) Articles. Rest. — Furnishing. (Truinet deals.) Minna’s fire-screen. — News of Frobel. Royal ‘indignation’. Articles suspended with XIII. — Goodbye to Eva. (Richter ahead to Munich at beginning December.) 23 December to Munich. C. at theatre. Violet-blue cage. Franz, Anna: Richter. — Christmas. (Things from Paris for children.) C.’s birthday. (Polykrates.) Hans to Prague and Dresden. Duffl: Royal warning to C. concerning legations etc. Next day to King: 24 hours. Reconciliation and apology to C. Suppressed articles sent to King. (later come back unsuccessful.) New Year at Cornelius’s: mother-in-law, Porges family, Richter, Hungary and Poland. (Genelli’s life.) The ‘friendly man’. Punch. 12 o’clock: New Year. —