Household troubles, the governess desiring a holiday, the chambermaid gone, etc. In addition, Siegfried is hoarse. R. receives a touching letter from a seminarian who begs for admission to the performances, yet adds that, if this be not possible, he would devote half his salary (six hundred gulden yearly) for that purpose! —
In the evening a conference; our friend Feustel has various matters to report.
Revised English translation by Jo Cousins [© Jo Cousins | WAGNER Salon]
Further Documents:
eigenhändiger Brief von Richard Wagner an Josef Standhartner
Nachlass Richard und Cosima Wagner. Wagner, Richard: eigenhändiger Brief von Richard Wagner an Josef Standhartner. Bayreuth , 13.04.1876