Wagner's Letters

Otto and Mathilde Wesendonck to Richard and Minna Wagner

January 19, 1855 · Zurich

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A short note from the Wesendonck family accepting the Wagners' invitation for the coming Sunday and asking them to spend that same evening quietly alone with them.

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The family Wesendonck will be pleased to accept the kind invitation of Herr and Frau Wagner for next Sunday. But Herr and Frau Wagner would give great pleasure to the family Wesendonck by spending the evening tonight quite alone with them.

The Family Wesendonck

Zurich, January 19, 1855

Source: Letters of Richard Wagner: The Burrell Collection, ed. John N. Burk (Macmillan, 1950), No. 144

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