BEETHOVEN 200 YEARS AGO TODAY: Thursday, May 23, 1822

Another music dealer defies Rossini’s grant to Artaria of exclusive rights in certain of his operas. Today in the Wiener Zeitung, Anton Paterno advertises his editions of vocal piano scores of selections from Rossini’s operas Maometto II and Mathilde, both of which Rossini had announced were exclusives with the Artaria firm.