BEETHOVEN 200 YEARS AGO TODAY: Wednesday, October 26, 1825

The Intelligenzblatt supplement Nr.IX to today’s Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung at 40 includes a few Beethoven works. H.A. Probst in Leipzig announces the publication of the “Huldigung der Freude” [Homage to Joy] a new collection of selected fashionable dances for the pianoforte, the latest issue, volume 2, with nos. 11 through 20, priced at 1 thaler, which contains polonaises, waltzes, ecossaises, etc. by Spohr, Beethoven, C.M. v. Weber, Kalkbrenner, Pixis and others. Each number is also available individually for 3 groschen. The “Beethoven dance” included as Nr.20 is the Schmerzenswalzer, Anh.14/2, which is not by Beethoven at all, but is one of many fraudulent Beethoven waltzes published in the 19th century. RISM ID no.220001252.

Probst in the same announcement mentions the publication of several works by Beethoven’s former pupil Carl Czerny. These are “Es ritten drey Reiter zum Thore hinaus, Ade!”, a German air with variations for pianoforte, op.91, and Two Grand Marches for Piano 4 Hands, op.94. These same Czerny works had been advertised by Artaria the prior week in the Wiener Zeitung.

At 39 of the Intelligenzblatt IX, the publishing firm of Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig announces that the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies of Beethoven, in full score, are currently at press.