TY - BOOK ID - 118271315 TI - Ignaz Moscheles and the changing world of musical Europe PY - 2014 SN - 178204390X 1322326037 1843839350 PB - Woodbridge, Suffolk : Boydell Press, DB - UniCat KW - Composers KW - Moscheles, Ignaz, KW - Czech Republic. KW - Češka KW - Česká republika KW - Česko KW - Cheko KW - Cheko Kyōwakoku KW - Chequia KW - ČR KW - Czechia KW - República Checa KW - República Txeca KW - République tchèque KW - Tschechei KW - Tschechenland KW - Tschechien KW - Tschechische Republik KW - Txeca KW - Czechoslovakia KW - Beethoven. KW - Composer. KW - Conductor. KW - Early Music. KW - Ignaz Moscheles. KW - Mark Kroll. KW - Mendelssohn. KW - Music History. KW - Musician. KW - Pianist. KW - Pianists UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:118271315 AB - This book, the first full-length study devoted to Ignaz Moscheles (1794-1870), explores how the son of middle-class Jewish parents in Prague became one of the most important musicians of his era, achieving recognition and world-wide admiration as a virtuoso pianist, conductor and composer, a sought-after piano teacher, and a pioneer in the historical performance of early music. Placing Moscheles' career within the context of the social, political and economic milieu in which he lived, the book offers new insights into the business of music and music making; the lives and works of his contemporaries, such as Schumann, Meyerbeer, Chopin, Hummel, Rossini, Liszt, Berlioz and others; the transformation of piano playing from the classical to romantic periods; and the challenges faced by Jewish artists during a dynamic period in European history. A section devoted to Moscheles' engagement as both a performer and editor with the music of J. S. Bach and Handel enhances our understanding of nineteenth-century approaches to early music, and the separate chapters that detail Moscheles' interactions with Beethoven and his extraordinarily close relationship with Mendelssohn adds considerably to the existing literature on these two masters. ER -