Cosima's Diaries

Diary Entry of May 30, 1880

Overview

After a good night's sleep, R. walked with the children and then began a letter to the King. Visitors came in the afternoon, and although he seemed worn out from the steep climb from the sea, he spent the evening listening to Rubinstein play and then gave Joukowsky the outline for Parsifal's second act.

Content

Sunday, May 30:

R. slept well and goes for a walk in the morning with the children; later in the morning he begins a letter to the King. Some callers in the afternoon.

R. looks tired; the steps from the sea up to the Villa Postiglione were a strain on him. In the evening he asks friend Rubinstein to play the second movement of III, after which he gives friend Joukowsky the plan for the 2nd act of Parsifal.