Table of Contents

Preface
From Prague and Vienna to England, 1794-1825
A Home in England, 1825-1846
Leipzig, 1846-1870
The Pianist, The Pedagogue and his Pianos
Encounters with Beethoven and his Music
A Friendship Like No Other: Mendelssohn and Moscheles
Le Concert C'est Moscheles: Historical Soirées and the Invention of the Solo Piano Recital
The Jewish Musician
Reminiscences of Moscheles' Family by his Great-Great-Grandson Henry Roche - Henry Roche

Reviews

Ignaz Moscheles [has] never been the object of a serious biography . . . the originality of this biography is that it reveals the multiple activities of this indefatigable musician, pianist, orchestra conductor, advocate of the music of Beethoven and proponent of Mendelssohn's, one who introduced early music and, before Liszt, the piano recital. . . . Written with a fluidity and clarity welcome to French reader . . . Kroll has recreated with remarkable care and thoroughness the career of [Moscheles] . . . the link with Beethoven, his friendship with Mendelssohn, his organization of historical concerts and the invention of the recital and, finally, his Jewishness. . . . [P]rovides a new light on European musical life in the nineteenth century through the prism of the activities of one of its key players [for] all those interested in the cultural life of the nineteenth century.
*REVUE DE MUSICOLOGIE*

[T]he first full-length examination of the composer to be published. . . . Will be of hugely significant interest to a wide range of musical historians and listeners. Primarily as, this is the first major study of the composer to be published in the 20th/21st centuries . . . Historians majoring on Beethoven, Bach and Handel will discover detailed information about their subjects. The examination of Moscheles' friendship with Mendelssohn is inspiring and is the underpinning of much further investigation.
*MUSICWEB INTERNATIONAL*

Fascinating reading, and highly recommended.
*EMAG*

The last few years have witnessed increasing awareness of the compositions of Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870). . . . Mark Kroll has now completed these achievements with a full-length study of Moscheles's multifarious activities as composer, performer, teacher, conductor, close associate of Felix Mendelssohn, avid promoter of the music of Beethoven and indefatigable disseminator of pre-19th century music.
*EARLY MUSIC*

It is safe to assume that Ignaz Moscheles and the Changing World of Musical Europe is currently the most complete and accurate account of Moscheles, while paving the way for other research projects on the composer. . . . What Kroll has successfully established here is that, to adopt his own words, 'Moscheles was and remains a man worth knowing.
*AD PARNASSUM*

Fascinating reading, and highly recommended.
*EARLY MUSIC AMERICA*