Chapter 14

FOOTNOTES:[1]Letter to F. Villot.[2]The original in the possession of Edward Roeckel, Bath.[3]Neighbouring mountains.[4]A daughter of August Roeckel.[5]August’s wife.[6]The Work and Mission of my Life, chap. ix.[7]Sunday Times, 6th May, 1855.[8]Written before his death in 1890.[9]24th February, 1855.[10]Roeckel.[11]English Gentleman.[12]August’s father.[13]Secretary of the Philharmonic Society.[14]This is Wagner’s characteristic jocularity, Lüders being a man of short and slight stature and most mild in temper.[15]Edward Roeckel of Bath.[16]“Peps” was the dog which helped to compose “Tannhäuser.”[17]The parrot.[18]Wagner used to take “Gypsy” out for a walk daily.[19]Then conductor of the New Philharmonic concerts, at present director of the London Academy of Music.[20]Meaning of two Richard Wagners.[21]Burning of the opera house, Covent Garden.[22]An English translation of these memoirs by Baron de Worms was published in 1887.[23]Letter to Mr. Villot, page 35.[24]Alluding to the action taken by Frederick of Baden (whose wife was a lover of Wagner’s music) to secure the reinstalment of Wagner as a citizen of Germany.[25]Then “Chef de claque.”

FOOTNOTES:

[1]Letter to F. Villot.

[1]Letter to F. Villot.

[2]The original in the possession of Edward Roeckel, Bath.

[2]The original in the possession of Edward Roeckel, Bath.

[3]Neighbouring mountains.

[3]Neighbouring mountains.

[4]A daughter of August Roeckel.

[4]A daughter of August Roeckel.

[5]August’s wife.

[5]August’s wife.

[6]The Work and Mission of my Life, chap. ix.

[6]The Work and Mission of my Life, chap. ix.

[7]Sunday Times, 6th May, 1855.

[7]Sunday Times, 6th May, 1855.

[8]Written before his death in 1890.

[8]Written before his death in 1890.

[9]24th February, 1855.

[9]24th February, 1855.

[10]Roeckel.

[10]Roeckel.

[11]English Gentleman.

[11]English Gentleman.

[12]August’s father.

[12]August’s father.

[13]Secretary of the Philharmonic Society.

[13]Secretary of the Philharmonic Society.

[14]This is Wagner’s characteristic jocularity, Lüders being a man of short and slight stature and most mild in temper.

[14]This is Wagner’s characteristic jocularity, Lüders being a man of short and slight stature and most mild in temper.

[15]Edward Roeckel of Bath.

[15]Edward Roeckel of Bath.

[16]“Peps” was the dog which helped to compose “Tannhäuser.”

[16]“Peps” was the dog which helped to compose “Tannhäuser.”

[17]The parrot.

[17]The parrot.

[18]Wagner used to take “Gypsy” out for a walk daily.

[18]Wagner used to take “Gypsy” out for a walk daily.

[19]Then conductor of the New Philharmonic concerts, at present director of the London Academy of Music.

[19]Then conductor of the New Philharmonic concerts, at present director of the London Academy of Music.

[20]Meaning of two Richard Wagners.

[20]Meaning of two Richard Wagners.

[21]Burning of the opera house, Covent Garden.

[21]Burning of the opera house, Covent Garden.

[22]An English translation of these memoirs by Baron de Worms was published in 1887.

[22]An English translation of these memoirs by Baron de Worms was published in 1887.

[23]Letter to Mr. Villot, page 35.

[23]Letter to Mr. Villot, page 35.

[24]Alluding to the action taken by Frederick of Baden (whose wife was a lover of Wagner’s music) to secure the reinstalment of Wagner as a citizen of Germany.

[24]Alluding to the action taken by Frederick of Baden (whose wife was a lover of Wagner’s music) to secure the reinstalment of Wagner as a citizen of Germany.

[25]Then “Chef de claque.”

[25]Then “Chef de claque.”


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