BEETHOVEN 200 YEARS AGO TODAY: Monday, January 30, 1826

On page 106 of today’s Wiener Zeitung (Nr.24), Sauer & Leidesdorf again advertises the two volumes of dances for the benefit of disabled actor C.F. Müller. The group of 50 waltzes includes the newest waltz from Beethoven, WoO 85, while the book of miscellaneous dances includes Beethoven’s Ecossaise, WoO 86.

The Ecossaise WoO 86 is here played by Cyprien Katsaris:

The February, 1826 issue of The Harmonicon (Nr. XXXVIIII) rather uncharacteristically contains no mentions of Beethoven.