Note 20 — INTRODUCTION

One of these appeared in the Dresden Abendzeitung of 26, 27, 28, and 29 January 1842, under the title of Bericht über eine neue Pariser Oper. The other was written for Schlesinger's Gazette Musicale, appearing in the February 27, March 13, April 24, and May 1, 1842, numbers of that journal. A translation of this article is given by Mr. Ellis in volume viii. of his English version of the Prose Works. Wagner tells us in Mein Leben (p. 248), however, that the editor of the Gazette Musicale, Edouard Monnaie, had cut out a number of passages praising Auber and belittling Rossini. The original German text of the first half of the article has been preserved in the Wahnfried archives. It was published for the first time by Julius Kapp in Der junge Wagner, and is now to be had in volume xii. of the G.S. The first two portions of the article are given in German on pp. 129 to 146. A comparison of this with Mr. Ellis's version will show the passages that have been omitted. The remainder of the article exists only in French, as it appeared in the Gazette Musicale of 24th April and 21st May. It is given in G.S., xii. 404-11.