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Ignaz Moscheles

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Profession
Composer
Died
Mar 10, 1870
Zodiac
Gemini
Born in
Czech Republic
About
Bohemian piano virtuoso whose initial attraction to Beethoven's avant-garde repertoire was greatly discouraged. He succeeded Felix Mendelssohn, whom he taught, as head of the Leipzig Conservatoire.
Family
His father originally thought his sister would carry on the family musical legacy, but she had no interest in piano or instruments of any kind.

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