Cosima's Diaries

Diary Entry of May 23, 1876

Overview

The day feels bleak and unpromising, with the Bruckner brothers still lagging and too few outside applications coming in. Gross asks R. to write to the King about postponing repayments, but even that seems unlikely to help given the heavy burdens on the civil list and the dreadful state of Germany’s finances.

Content

Tuesday, May 23:

Once more cold, and nothing pleasurable to report, the Bruckner brothers so backward, few applications from outside, so that friend Gross comes to ask R. to write to the King requesting postponement of the repayments.

R. does so without much hope, since the civil list is said to be very heavily burdened. The financial situation in Germany is reported to be terrible!