BEETHOVEN 200 YEARS AGO TODAY: Wednesday, April 3, 1822

While Rossini is the toast of the town in Vienna, Carl Maria von Weber’s popularity continues unabated. The music stores of Cappi & Diabelli and Pietro Michetti advertise in today’s Wiener Zeitung no fewer than thirty-five works by Weber, nearly filling the entire fourth page of the newspaper.

Nothing by Beethoven is advertised.