BEETHOVEN 200 YEARS AGO TODAY: Friday, February 1, 1822

Apparently there have been some complaints about the many hasty and sloppy arrangements of Der Freischütz for piano that have been pushed out to the music trade. Today in the Wiener Zeitung Weigl’s art and music shop advertises Weber’s opera arranged for piano solo by Joseph Schmid, making the point that it is “faithful to the original and has the approval of Herr Weber.”

Our next update will be February 8. Beethoven continues to be ill with “gout of the chest.”