Category: Diary Felix Mottl

Levy gives us conducting lessons. Upbeat, alla breve, etc. Wagner praises Kater Murr! "I am, along with Bismarck, the only living German worth his salt!" He praises the talent of the French. Wilhelmy gave the orchestra a feast at the Restoration these days. It was an afternoon in the sweltering…

Night journey to Fantaisie. Very exuberant. When, during an orchestral rehearsal of "Die Walküre," I had bright tears in my eyes at the passage: "A noble troop of fallen heroes embraces you there," Wagner noticed this, came up to me, jokingly gave me a nudge in the chest, and said:…

Frau Jaide is a highly gifted artist. Fantaisie with Levy, Lehmann. Lammert. Friendship with Brandt sen. and jun. Fun evenings at the “Sonne”.

A walk with Minna to the Rollwenzelei. Music director Eckert with his wife.

Good camaraderie with Wilhelmj and Döpler. The master doesn’t know his own poetry and always lets us young people prompt him. Meanwhile, I was gushing about Minna Lammert.

Rehearsal with Schefzky (Sieglinde). To Fantaisie with Betz, Niemann, Lammert, Richter, and Mannstädt. On the way home, a ghostly cat! – Wagner is ill. I strongly courting Marie Lehmann and behave very badly towards Elise Wiedermann by simply not writing to her anymore and not letting her hear anything from…

At Materna, I played Tristan with Niemann. He's very nice and enthusiastic. He says: "The others are piano stallions, but you're a pure soul."

The Duchess leaves. With Richter and Niemann in the Winehouse. Kühnert plays the trumpet. Professor Döpler.

Niemann Siegmund rehearsal, phantastic. His conscientiousness. With father, Fritz and the duchess to Jean Paul House, Old Theatre, City.