Wagner as Man & Artist

part in the festival. Wagner gave him the cold shoulder, and refused to

return his call.[23]

Now let us see, from documents of the time, how matters really stood as regards Lachner. In 1854 Wagner was hoping to get _Tannhäuser_ produced at Munich, where, as we have seen, Dingelstedt was Intendant and Lachner Kapellmeister. Lachner was a conductor and composer of the old school...