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Ignaz Moscheles

1794 - 1870

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Isaac Ignaz Moscheles (German pronunciation: [ˈɪɡnaːts ˈmɔʃələs]; 23 May 1794 – 10 March 1870) was a Bohemian piano virtuoso and composer. He was based initially in London and later at Leipzig, where he joined his friend and sometime pupil Felix Mendelssohn as professor of piano in the Conservatory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ignaz Moscheles is the 416th most popular composer (down from 359th in 2019), the 199th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 175th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Czech Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Ignaz Moscheles ranks 416 out of 1,451. Before him are Adriano Banchieri, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Paul Abraham, Nicolaus Bruhns, Alexander Arutiunian, and Maurice Duruflé. After him are Boris Lyatoshinsky, Georges Delerue, Mélanie Bonis, Ferdinand Hiller, Georg Muffat, and Wolfgang Wagner.

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Among people born in 1794, Ignaz Moscheles ranks 11. Before him are Cornelius Vanderbilt, Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz, Theobald Boehm, Wilhelm Müller, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, and Józef Bem. After him are William Whewell, Léon Cogniet, Johann Heinrich von Mädler, Eduard Rüppell, Eilhard Mitscherlich, and Ami Boué. Among people deceased in 1870, Ignaz Moscheles ranks 23. Before him are Heinrich Gustav Magnus, Victor Noir, Anthony Mary Claret, Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia, Charles Auguste de Bériot, and Jules de Goncourt. After him are Juan Prim, 1st Count of Reus, Louise Lehzen, David Farragut, Justo José de Urquiza, Konstantin Ushinsky, and Friedrich Boie.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Ignaz Moscheles ranks 199 out of 1,200. Before him are Catherine of Bohemia (1342), Wenceslaus Hollar (1607), Libuše Šafránková (1953), Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria (1860), Alice Herz-Sommer (1903), and Prince Rupert of the Rhine (1619). After him are Guido Adler (1855), Clement Mary Hofbauer (1751), John Henry, Margrave of Moravia (1322), Zdeněk Fibich (1850), Josef Koudelka (1938), and Jindřich Matyáš Thurn (1567).

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Among COMPOSERS In Czechia

Among composers born in Czechia, Ignaz Moscheles ranks 18. Before him are Eduard Hanslick (1825), Franz Benda (1709), Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739), Julius Fučík (1872), Georg Benda (1722), and Jan Ladislav Dussek (1760). After him are Zdeněk Fibich (1850), Leopold Koželuch (1747), Vítězslav Novák (1870), Franz Xaver Richter (1709), Erwin Schulhoff (1894), and Karel Svoboda (1938).

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