Friday, May 23, 2025

May 23 - Ignaz Moscheles (The Musical Birthday Series, 7th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for May 23rd may be found here: Robert Moog (2019), Artie Shaw (2020), Alicia de Larrocha; Johann Bernhard Bach (2022), Rosemary Clooney (2022)Jean Françaix (2023), and Helen O'Connell; Rosemary Clooney; Johann Caspar Vogler (2024)

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Isaac Ignaz Moscheles (23 May 1794 – 10 March 1870) was a Bohemian piano virtuoso and composer.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Passing Fancy


Although Moscheles's music was now being looked on as a little old-fashioned… – Wikipedia


When Ignaz sat down at the keys

He aimed to impress and to please,

But, alas, he was fated

To be musty and dated

In slowly increasing degrees.

 

 

 

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