Cosima WAGNER (1837-1930). L.A.S., Bayreuth March 15, 1877, [to Édouard Schuré]; 4 pages in-8; in French. Interesting letter on the genesis of Parsifal. There is no longer any question of performances this year, and they are going to campaign for London, hoping to be lucky, if the concerts obtain the desired result. The fussy German embassy reminded me of the French embassies in all countries, who take the piss out of nothing [...] and I imagine that the representatives of the new German Empire feel obliged to follow in the footsteps of the representatives of the old monarchies. Sorry, you're in a republic, I didn't think of that. She'd be delighted to see Fantin-Latour's pages. Then she speaks of Wagner, who is beginning to think about Parsifal: My husband is busy with Perceval, and I've heard him regret not having the publication of Chrétien de Troyes' poem at his service. Would it be possible to have a copy made in Paris from the manuscript? The latter has not been published. [...] I would be deeply obliged to you, for I know what great pleasure it would give my husband to read a poem which, by a singular coincidence, has not been published. Perceval does not end, but begins, namely this poem; a little fish will become a big one provided God gives it life; God gives it life, that is to say, a little rest to its author... She adds a few lines about Chapu's design for the funeral monument of her mother [Marie d'Agoult], whose memoirs are soon to appear.