Cosima's Diaries

Diary Entry of April 12, 1871

Overview

Richard decides to conduct a Berlin concert for the disabled soldiers' foundation, turning the journey toward public action. Cosima writes to Tausig to arrange the announcement and practical details. The diary then breaks off, with the later note explaining that she will reconstruct the intervening days from Berlin.

Content

Wednesday, April 12:

R. decides to conduct a concert in Berlin for the Foundation for Disabled Soldiers, and I write to Karl Tausig asking him to announce this and to have the necessary arrangements made.

Long interruption. I restart my diary in Berlin on the 26th and must now see how I can reconstruct the days.

From this point the handwriting has been traced over. Some of the letters suggest R. W.’s hand.