BEETHOVEN 200 YEARS AGO TODAY: Sunday, July 30, 1820

The Wiener Zeitung of August 2, 1820, reports that on July 30 Beethoven’s longtime friend and supporter Countess Marie von Erdödy returned to Vienna from Hungary. Beethoven will probably read this news on August 3 in Mödling. However, Erdödy’s return to Vienna will have serious repercussions for her and her family over the upcoming weeks, no doubt to Beethoven’s distress.