On Saturday, 15 October 1825, Beethoven moved from Baden to a building known as the Schwarzspanierhaus — the House of the Black-Robed Spaniards, so called because it was built by Spanish Benedictines. It was to be his final residence.
Living nearby was Stephen von Breuning, an old friend of Beethoven from their Bonn days who had later worked on the libretto for Fidelio. Beethoven helped his son Gerhard with his piano playing, recommending Clementi’s method rather than Pleyel. —Thayer-Forbes pp. 954,967
A year earlier, in late 1824, Beethoven contributed a waltz to a collection assembled by Carl Friedrich Müller, a former actor who had become disabled (Day 339). In late 1825, he wrote another waltz for Müller (WoO 85). Beethoven’s autograph is on page 4 of Müller keepsake album.
Beethoven’s WoO 85 waltz appeared in Müller’s second “New Years and Carnival Gift” Beethoven is first alphabetically, but his contribution is much shorter than the one from the previous year and does not include a Trio section.
#Beethoven250 Day 353
Waltz in D Major for Piano (WoO 85), 1825
A live performance by pianist Francesco Gussago.