BEETHOVEN 200 YEARS AGO TODAY: Sunday, March 14, 1824
Beethoven probably continues his proofreading of parts to the Missa Solemnis this morning and has not yet dressed when unpaid assistant Anton Schindler arrives around noon with the news that alto Caroline Unger and soprano Henriette Sontag are free to come here for dinner today. Beethoven, shocked at this, complains …