Ignaz Moscheles
Ignaz ( Isaac / Isack ) Moscheles (* May 23, 1794 in Prague, † March 10, 1870 in Leipzig ) was a Bohemian- Austrian composer, pianist and music teacher.
Life
Moscheles, the son of Jewish parents, was a pupil of Friedrich Dionys Weber at the Prague Conservatory and later studied in Vienna with Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736-1809) and Antonio Salieri (1750-1825) composition. He was friends with his idol, Ludwig van Beethoven. After his marriage with Charlotte Embden in 1825 in Hamburg the years followed in London, where he lived until 1846 and worked.
In 1846 he took over at the invitation of his friend Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy the piano class at the Leipzig Conservatory, founded in 1843. Moscheles was throughout his life the reputation of one of the greatest piano virtuosos in Europe to be, as a teacher, he was of exemplary conscientiousness. He represented the Clementi - school and stayed on steady hand posture - a game mode in which it is primarily on the mobility of the fingers, while the use of the pedals as far as possible avoided.
Ignaz Moscheles was the father of the painter Felix Moscheles and father of the painter Margaret Moscheles. His granddaughter was the painter Jelka Rose, wife of the English composer Frederick Delius. His great-grandson was the German diplomat Dr. jur. Georg Rosen, who in 1937 together with the German businessman John Rabe saved the lives of thousands of Chinese during the Japanese occupation of Nanjing.
After his death, a street was named after him in 1873 in Leipzig.
Works (selection)
His piano compositions, such as the Piano Concerto in G minor, and the virtuoso Etudes were much admired during his lifetime and are still played today.
- Three Allegri di Bravura, op 51, La Forza 1 ( The strength ), 2nd La Leggerezza ( Ease ), 3 Il Capriccio ( The mood )
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in F major, op 45 (1818 )
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, op 56 (1815 )
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in G minor, Op 60 (1820 )
- Piano Concerto No. 4 in E major, Op 64 ( nd)
- Piano Concerto No. 5, in C major, op 87 ( 1830)
- Piano Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, op 90 (1834 ) Concert Fantastique
- Piano Concerto No. 7 in C minor, Op 93 (1835 ) Concert pathétique
- Characteristic Studies, op 95, for piano (1836 )
- Studies for Piano op.70 characteristic Tonstücke
- Sextet in E flat major, Op 35
- Septet in D major, Op 88
- Impromptu martial for Piano in G major on a march from Salieri's opera Palmira, Regina di Persia, Op 65
- Fantaisie heroique E flat major for piano, Op 13 (1816 ), dedicated to Salieri
- Symphony in C major, Op 81
Discography
- Piano Concertos 1 and 2 Hyperion Records, 1999 ( Series: The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 20)
- Piano works. Piano Sonata in D minor, Op 73; Suite No. 2, Op 71; 7 Album Leaves for the Young, Op 33; Legend from Suite No. 3, Op 76; Sarabande from Suite No. 3, Op 76; Romance Op 57 No 5; Cavatina from Suite No. 4, Op 80 Piano: Alexandra Oehler. cpo 2008.