Dresden Surroundings. Entry upon office. King Friedrich August II. Freiherr von Liittichau. Frau Schro"der Devrient. Berlioz at Dresden.Gluck"s "Armida". Konzertmeister Ltpinski. Mendelssohn, and Beethoven"s Symphony in F.Mozart"s "Don Juan" and the Dresden critics. Occasional compositions; Das Liebesmahl der Apostel. I believe there are no such muddle-headed people anywhere in the world, as in Dresden. Here in Switzerland I fee! Like a dog that ltds got over a whippi1tg~" by which I mean the eternal aimless, useless, body·and-souldestroying fight with the Impossible, that I had to wage lor six long years in my re!atioltS with ignorance a1zd insolence. In Dresden, as Kapel1meister "loci," I should have become thoroughly soured, because continually maligned, spitefully pulled to pieces, and therefore rmdered powerless. Were I amnestied today, and again appointed Kapellmeister to the Dresden Court, you would see how calmly I should rem. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге The Life of Richard Wagner: Volume 2 of 6 (C. F. Glasenapp)