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Isaac Ignaz Moscheles ( German pronunciation: [ˈɪɡnaːts ˈmɔʃələs]; 23 May 1794 [1] – 10 March 1870) was a Bohemian piano virtuoso and composer. He was based initially in London and later at Leipzig, where he joined his friend and sometime pupil Felix Mendelssohn as professor of piano in the Conservatory .
- Isaac Ignaz Moscheles, 23 May 1794, Prague
- 10 March 1870 (aged 75)
- 2 sons and 3 daughters
- Charlotte
Apr 6, 2024 · Ignaz Moscheles (born May 23, 1794, Prague, Bohemia, Austrian Habsburg domain [now in Czech Republic]—died March 10, 1870, Leipzig [Germany]) was a Czech pianist, one of the outstanding virtuosos of his era. Moscheles studied at the Prague Conservatory and later at Vienna under Johann Georg Albrechtsberger and Antonio Salieri.
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Ignaz Moscheles [1] (Ĭg´näts mōsh´əlĕs), 1794–1870, Bohemian-German musician. Born in Prague, Moscheles was a child prodigy. He studied in Vienna with Johann Albrechtsberger and Antonio Salieri [2] and prepared a piano score of Beethoven's Fidelio under the composer's direction.
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Stuttgart, [1859]. This copy belonged to William Sterndale Bennett. Moscheles, who died 150 years ago this month, is a key figure in 19th century music history: the close friend of Beethoven and Mendelssohn, important influence on Chopin and Schumann, brilliant international pianist, sought-after teacher and prolific composer.
Ignaz Moscheles (23 May 1794 — 10 March 1870) Alternative Names/Transliterations: Ignaz Isaac Moscheles, Isaak-Ignaz Moscheles, Ignace Moscheles, Ignatz Moscheles
Moscheles was a composer and pianist from Prague who came to Vienna in 1808. He was at the concert on 22nd December that year, at which Beethoven premiered the Fifth and Sixth Symphonies, and has left an eye-witness account of how the Choral Fantasia came off the rails. "During the last movement of the Fantasia I perceived that, like a runaway ...
MOSCHELES, IGNAZ (1794–1870), pianist and composer. Born in Prague, he studied in Vienna, but settled in London in 1826 as a concert pianist. In 1846 Felix *Mendelssohn (to whom he had given piano lessons in 1824) invited him to become piano teacher at the Leipzig Conservatory. He taught there to the end of his life. Moscheles' playing was ...
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