Project Gutenberg 2010-07-16 Public domain in the USA. 165 Moscheles, Felix 1833 1917 Fragments of an Autobiography Early impressions -- Will you sit for me, Frida? -- Leipsic in 1847 and 1848; Mendelssohn's death -- My first commission -- Claude Raoul Dupont -- A trip to America in 1883 -- Grover Cleveland "viewed" -- Giuseppe Mazzini -- Rossini -- Paris after the commune -- Some incidents of Robert Browning's visits to the studio. Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Internet Archive.) "Fragments of an Autobiography" by Felix Moscheles is a memoir written in the late 19th century. The book recounts the author's life experiences, particularly those connected with his family, early recollections, and interactions with notable figures in the music world, all presented as reminiscences rather than a systematic narrative. The author provides insights into his childhood, his family's artistic background, and the influence of great musicians on his upbringing. The opening of the memoir sets a personal tone as Moscheles reflects on early impressions from his childhood, particularly during a tumultuous journey through a stormy night. The narrative introduces his father, a concert pianist, and the love and protective nature of his mother, who played significant roles in his childhood experiences. As he shares these early memories, he hints at the joyful yet chaotic environment that nurtured his artistic spirit, featuring charming anecdotes about his father's musical engagements and his youthful misadventures. The stage is thus set for a richly detailed account of his life filled with artistic exploration and personal anecdotes in the chapters to follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/33185/33185-h/images/ill_cover_sml.jpg en Moscheles, Felix, 1833-1917 ND Text Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: Biographies 620137 620148 2024-09-14T06:12:24.455625 2023-09-14T10:56:10.395314 text/html text/html 622152 2010-07-16T17:25:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1095332 2010-07-16T17:32:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1124573 2024-09-14T06:12:32.712505 application/epub+zip 1132198 2024-09-14T06:12:25.685572 application/epub+zip 312684 2024-09-14T06:12:25.017586 application/epub+zip 1361743 2024-09-14T06:12:38.225512 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1326129 2024-09-14T06:12:31.973508 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 440592 2022-09-15T08:24:45.289807 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 578258 2024-09-14T06:12:23.521554 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 578138 2010-07-16T17:25:16 text/plain; charset=utf-8 234084 2010-07-16T17:32:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 577586 2010-07-16T17:30:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 233665 2010-07-16T17:32:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 577610 2010-07-16T17:30:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 233278 2010-07-16T17:32:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21986 2024-09-14T06:12:38.373474 application/rdf+xml 15969 2024-09-14T06:12:25.115547 image/jpeg 1988 2024-09-14T06:12:25.067572 image/jpeg 1110271 2024-09-14T06:12:24.543568 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia de.wikipedia