Ignaz Moscheles

Music pedagogue, Composer

1794 – 1870

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Who was Ignaz Moscheles?

Ignaz Moscheles was a Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso, whose career after his early years was based initially in London, and later at Leipzig, where he succeeded his friend and sometime pupil Felix Mendelssohn as head of the Conservatoire. His name is pronounced 'Mosh-el-ez', with an accent on the first syllable.

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Born
May 23, 1794
Prague
Also known as
  • Moscheles, Ignaz
Religion
  • Judaism
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Nationality
  • Austria
Profession
Education
  • Prague Conservatory
Lived in
  • Prague
Died
Mar 10, 1870
Leipzig

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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