Based on the understanding of 19th-century musical culture as predominantly bourgeois, this chapter presents relationships between its courtly and interregional aspects. Using examples from Wertheim, Bückeburg, Sigmaringen, Urach, Schillingsfürst and Langenburg, it documents interactions with Franz Liszt, Cosima Wagner, Giacomo Meyerbeer, J. G. Rheinberger and Ignaz Brüll. In addition, the letters of the Donaueschingen choirmaster Thomas Täglichsbeck illustrate his interregional network including contacts with Ferdinand Hiller, Louis Spohr and Gioacomo Meyerbeer.
