BEETHOVEN 200 YEARS AGO TODAY: Saturday, August 12, 1826

Beethoven (or more likely, unpaid assistant Karl Holz acting on his behalf) delivers the score for the newest quartet, op.131 in C-sharp minor, to the business of Franck Co., who are acting as agents for B. Schott’s Sons publishers in Mainz. The funds in payment for the quartet, 80 ducats, …