Neue Zeitschrift für Musik
On 28 December 1841, an article in Leipzig's "Neue Zeitschrift für Musik" attacked Rossini's "Stabat Mater", which was to be premiered at the Salle Ventadour in Paris on 7 January 1842. Although the article was written by Wagner, it was signed "H. Valentino". Wagner's biographer Ernest Newman writes: "It was inevitable that many readers of the article should regard it as coming from [Henri Valentino], and it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that Wagner maliciously intended to create that impression".