Faith and family Ignaz Moscheles
moscheles married charlotte emden (henri lehmann,1837)
moscheles still practising jew in vienna in 1814-15. wife notes member of congregation in vienna, , wrote vienna jewish community oratorio celebrating peace. throughout life, many other musicians of jewish origin, remained close other musicians of similar descent such felix mendelssohn, anton rubinstein, joseph joachim , ferdinand hiller. remained in contact patrons of jewish origin such eskeles family in vienna, leo family in paris, , rothschilds in england. married charlotte embden, daughter of hamburg jewish banker , cousin of heinrich heine, in hamburg synagogue in 1825. nonetheless, after settled in england moscheles became member of church of england.
his children, 2 sons , 3 daughters, baptised @ birth , , wife baptised in 1832. parents painters felix (1833-1917), second son, , serena anna moscheles (1830-1902), second daughter , wife of georg rosen. rosen orientalist brother of friedrich august rosen, friend of mendelssohn, moscheles. granddaughter jelka rosen, painter, married composer frederick delius. moscheles travelled extensively in europe pianist , conductor, settling in london 1825-1846 became co-director of royal philharmonic society in 1832. never disavowed jewish origins , took family visit relatives in prague, of whom had retained jewish allegiances.
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