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.”

Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:
Seigfried=> Siegfried {pg 18}
Kapelmeister=> Kapellmeister {pg 26}
misletoe=> misletoe {pg 32}
orchestra after Hadyn=> orchestra after Haydn {pg 42}
the gift of Shroeder-Devrient.=> the gift of Schroeder-Devrient. {pg 74}
Niebulungen=> Nibelungen {pg 97}
as Tannhauser emerging from=> as Tannhäuser emerging from {pg 116}
“Rienzi” rehersal in the overture=> “Rienzi” rehearsal in the overture {pg 125}
order came from Luttichon=> order came from Luttichorn {pg 133}
Liepzic dialect=> Leipzic dialect {pg 135}
his easily understoood=> his easily understood {pg 191}
Götterdamerung=> Götterdämmerung {pg 242}
Aria (“Non mi du”)=> Aria (“Non mi dir”) {pg 257}
cequi ne sera pas chose facile=> ce qui ne sera pas chose facile {pg 277}
absolutely nesessary=> absolutely necessary {pg 282}
Götterdammerung=> Götterdämmerung {pg 291}
Nuitre posed a soft answer=> Nuiter posed a soft answer {pg 305}
If it does=> It it does {pg 311}
run as follows=> runs as follows {pg 315}
Freischutz=> Freischütz {x3}