The Leipzig years Ignaz Moscheles

moscheles in leipzig

although throughout period moscheles continued write music , travel on concert tours, depended heavily on teaching income, , placed him under considerable stress. when therefore mendelssohn established conservatory @ leipzig in 1843 keen attract friend moscheles there colleague, promising him ample time in schedules concertising , music-making. after several years, moscheles gladly accepted position in 1846. became longstanding , prominent member of conservatory faculty, teaching piano there several decades.

the conservatory became in effect shrine mendelssohn s musical legacy. critic , pianist edward dannreuther, studied under moscheles @ leipzig between 1859 , 1863, later wrote:

[…] whispered 2 old grands in pianoforte-room of conservatorium wont rehearse mendelssohn’s d minor concerto alone themselves, 12.30 on sunday night until cock-crow! force of habit, probably.

it fell moscheles lead counter-attack on wagner after latter s snide attack on mendelssohn (and meyerbeer) in notorious article das judenthum in der musik ( jewry in music ), did requesting resignation conservatory s board of wagner s editor, brendel. mendelssohn, moscheles believed music had reached golden age during period bach beethoven, , suspicious of (although not antagonistic towards) new directions such shown wagner, liszt , berlioz. nevertheless, personal relations of these (except perhaps wagner) remained cordial. mendelssohn legacy in britain meant leipzig conservatory had high reputation amongst english musicians , amongst studied there during moscheles s time arthur sullivan , charles villiers stanford.

moscheles died in leipzig on 10 march 1870, 9 days after attending last rehearsal leipzig gewandhaus orchestra.