Cosima's Diaries

Diary Entry of October 22, 1875

Overview

Her father’s birthday brings a full house, with Frau Wesendonck staying all day and the theater men joining in the search for curtain fabrics and designs. There is also concern about flaws in the building, and the evening ends with music, including her father’s "Heroide funèbre."

Content

Friday, October 22:

My father’s birthday. Frau W. with us all day; the three Br.’s from the theater, too: Brandt, Brückwald, Bruckner. Selected patterns for the curtain, very lovely! Brandt, however, still complaining that the building shows signs of negligence; he says the rain comes in.

In the evening music, my father’s Héroïde funèbre.