Life of Moscheles Volume 1

ISBN: 9781108077866 (1108077862)
Edition Type: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Pages: 356
Date Published: 2nd Oct 2014
Series: Cambridge Library Collection

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Preface
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1. Early recollections
2. Moscheles' diary
3. Impressions of Leipzig
4. Baron Poifere de Cere
5. Malzel's metronome
6. Visit to Bath
7. Prague
8. Hanover
9. Stormy voyage to Ireland
10. Tour in Germany
11. Edinburgh
12. Moscheles' productions
13. An accident
14. Moscheles as an orchestral writer
15. Concerts in the north of England
16. Stars of the Italian opera
17. 'Trial night' of the Philharmonic Society.

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Born in Prague, pianist and composer Ignaz Moscheles (1794–1870) studied in Vienna and rapidly became a central figure in European musical life. He lived and worked in London for twenty-five years, leaving in 1846 to become principal professor of piano at the Leipzig Conservatoire at the invitation of his great friend Mendelssohn. As a pianist, he was renowned for his incisive technique rooted in the tradition of Clementi, and also much admired for his extempore performances. As a composer his output was mainly for the piano, and his studies are still in use today. First published in 1872–3, this lively biography, compiled from his diaries and letters by his wife Charlotte, records his dealings with and feelings about many great musicians of the nineteenth century. Reissued here is the 1873 English translation by Arthur Duke Coleridge, founder of the Bach Choir. Volume 1 covers the years up to 1836.

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