Wagner, Richard. (1813–1883) Used 1875 Conductor's BatonWooden conductor's baton, apparently used by the composer to conduct in Berlin, 1875, inscribed in brown ink: "Sonnabend 24 April, 1875. Auffhrung der Bruchstcken der Gtterdmmerung in Berlin. R. Wagner's Taktstock." The stick measuring 37. 4 cm long and approx. 1 cm in diameter. From a Wagner collection in the United Kingdom. On the date described on the baton, Wagner was in Berlin to conduct two fund raising concerts for his Festspielhaus, whose