A thaw, R. not favourable; yet he works both in the forenoon and the afternoon. In the evening the editor of the Weser Newspaper writes and declares himself to be the author of the article in the Frankfurt Newspaper. — Yesterday a gentleman from Italy wrote to make inquiries; the Italian newspapers report that the performances are not to take place, which confuses him and several acquaintances who had intended to attend them! … R. enlightens him.
A poor schoolmaster applies for a patron’s ticket from his savings, because, after becoming acquainted with the piano reductions, he absolutely must attend the performances. — In the evening “Don Quixote”; how Cervantes grew ever more an artist, and, at the same time, discovered more and more of what lay within his subject matter.
Revised English translation by Jo Cousins [© Jo Cousins | WAGNER Salon]