Sunday, February 7:
I dreamed I had a mouthful of pins.
Departure of the Richters; it has been decided that the concert in Pest will take place after Vienna. What does not belong together soon falls apart, however close the relationship has been; I have the very definite feeling that Richter will now be pursuing other paths; he did not understand R. at all with regard to Herr Glatz.
Richter told us that [Amalie] Materna was very nearly lost entirely for the Bayreuth festival, since she had wished to sign a contract with an impresario which would have made her unavailable for years! When one thinks of all the things which could still destroy our undertaking, one feels quite numb.
Very nice letter from the singer Schlosser.
In the evening a small gathering, Beethoven’s C Major Quartet, Egmont and Coriolan Overtures.