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I had tea with Wolfgang Wagner (grandson of Richard) (and he brought me to the train I had to catch in his car). Wolfgang's father Siegfried knew Richard who knew Felix Mendelssohn who knew Zelter who knew Amalie who knew Algarotti, so I can't manage it in six steps but almost. (Both Richard and Siegfried Wagner had their respective children rather late in life, which is why Wolfgang didn't know his grandfather. He did know his grandmother, of course, as Cosima had her children younger, and grew much older than Richard did. So maybe I could manage something closer through the Liszt connection, to wit.

Wolfgang - Cosima - her father Franz Liszt - Antonio Salieri - Lorenzo Da Ponte - Algarotti!

(Thinking about this is more pleasant than being aware I'm just a handshake away from the Worst Fanboy, who after all was fangirled himself like no one's business by Winifred Wagner, Wolfgang's mother.)