The first orchestral rehearsal; I am present at it. A profound impression. A drive with R. to Charlottenburg; we contemplate Queen Luise, loveliness in suffering [1]. — R. can to-day write but a single page of the score; in the evening Wilhelm Scholz.[2]
[1] The tomb of Queen Louise of Prussia in Charlottenburg Palace Park.
[2] Wilhelm Scholz (1824-1893), illustrator, since 1848 contributor to the political satirical magazine Kladderadatsch.
Revised English translation by Jo Cousins [© Jo Cousins | WAGNER Salon]