Ministry - Scarecrow

It is now, after the adoption of Liszt's ecclesiastical dignity and his speech against the illegal connection of Cosima, a wall of estrangement grew between him and Wagner. Liszt's "True Catholicism" annoyed Wagner; even the very work of “beloved Franz” began to be ridiculed by the “friend of Richard”. Considering that for Cosima Wagner had long been a “god and king”, she took over from him a dismissive attitude towards her father, and subsequently passed it on to her children. Moreover, it was she who continued to oppose their close relations even when Wagner himself, who was much more tolerant, was already looking for reconciliation with him. Between the beloved and the father, Cosima uniquely chose the first. Wanting to protect his daughter from sin, Liszt took a step towards loneliness in his own family.