Moscheles, IGNAZ, pianist and musical composer, born at Prague, 30th May 1794, of Jewish parents, was between 1808 and 1816 the favourite musician and music-master of Vienna. Settling in London in 1825, he taught at the Academy of Music and directed at the Philharmonie Concerts. From 1844 he laboured at the conservatory in Leipzig until his death, 10th March 1870. A brilliant performer on the piano and an able composer, Moscheles ranks high amongst modern writers for the pianoforte. He also edited, in English,
Schindler's Life of Beethoven (1841). See the Life by his wife (Eng. trans. 1873), and his Correspondence with Mendelssohn (Eng. trans. 1888).