Excerpt from Recent Music and Musicians: As Described in the Diaries and Correspondence of Ignatz Moscheles
The reader will find in the following pages a truthful record of the life and works of Moscheles, as also a chronicle of the musical history of his time; for from the year 1814 up to the date of his death, he rarely omitted to enter in his diary reflections, more or less minute, on events that interested him. These entries, supplemented by letters from Moscheles and his wife to relatives and friends, are the groundwork of this Biography. Moscheles frequently expressed a wish that his art experiences, ranging over a period of nearly sixty years, as well as his relations to his musical contemporaries, should be published after his death. During his lifetime he entrusted to his wife the task of remodelling these notes, making many additions with his own hand.
It was his habit to communicate and explain to her his opinions and views on all subjects, so that she has been able to retain in her memory much that was not committed to writing. He hoped, in case she should survive him, by these means to have prepared her for carrying out his favorite object.
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