Life of Moscheles
With Selections from his Diaries and Correspondence
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- Author: Charlotte Moscheles
- Editor and Translator: Arthur Duke Coleridge
- Date Published: October 2014
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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 1794 to 1836; Volume 2, 1836 to 1870.
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- Date Published: October 2014
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108077880
- length: 694 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 138 x 42 mm
- weight: 0.86kg
- contains: 1 b/w illus. 9 music examples
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Preface
Note
1. Early recollections
2. Moscheles' diary
3. Impressions of Leipzig
4. Baron Poiféré de Cère
5. Mälzel'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. Volume 2:
1. Letters from members of the Mendelssohn family
2. Recitals for pianoforte music
3. Historical concerts
4. Ferdinand David
5. Letter to a friend
6. The Philharmonic Society
7. The Bunsen family
8. Operatic arrangements
9. New year in Austria and England
10. Dresden
11. Leipzig negotiations
12. Life and society in Leipzig
13. Commemorations of Mendelssohn
14. Moscheles and his pupils
15. Madame Sontag
16. The new Erard
17. Madame Lind-Goldschmidt
18. Centenary of Mozart's birth
19. Ovation to Concertmeister David
A complete catalogue of compositions by Moscheles
Index of names.
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