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IGNAZ MOSCHELES - PIANIST/COMPOSER |
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1820’s engraving of the German-Jewish pianist, composer and pedagogue. The engraver was Carl Mayer of Nuremburg and the publisher Schuberth & Niemyer of Hamburg u. Jtzehoe. Fine lifetime item, perfect for framing with a letter of the Master. Moscheles, (1794-1870) was one of the most accomplished pianists of his day. He began studies with Salieri and Albrechtsberger in Vienna, impressing Beethoven along the way who commissioned him to write the piano reduction of “Fidelio.” Early on, Moscheles had a dual piano act with Giacomo Meyerbeer! It is thought Moscheles after 1816 was baptized in order to gain work. Though interestingly, he married a Jewish woman and while his children were baptized, he would often taken them to Prague to visit Jewish relatives, never denying his heritage. Moscheles settled in Britain in 1825, becoming Co-Director of the London Philharmonic Society. A year prior, he had been hired by Abraham Mendelssohn to go to Berlin to teach the young Felix and Fanny pianoforte. Mendelssohn attempted to lure Moscheles to his new Conservatory at Leipzig, however, it was not until the year following the composers death that he accepted the position of Director there. Moscheles pupils read like a who’s who of classical music of the period, including Mendelssohn, Grieg, Dannreuther, Litolff, Sullivan, Stanford, Petersilea and Novello. His concerts also inspired Robert Schumann to become a musician. |
