Cosima's Diaries

Diary Entry of October 24, 1880

Overview

I felt somewhat better and received visitors, including dear Mimi. R. got a letter from a Dane wanting to renounce everything for music, and he reacted gloomily, speaking of music as a ruinous way of doing nothing, before we returned to the green room.

Content

Sunday, October 24:

I feel somewhat better again, receive some visitors, including my dear Mimi. R. receives a letter from a Dane asking for advice; he wants to give up everything and devote himself to music. R. talks ill-humoredly about the disastrous effects of music, saying it is a way of doing nothing.

Return to the green room.