ndon, in 1865, given by Mme. Jenny Lind
Goldschmidt, in aid of the sufferers by the war between Austria and
Prussia, where he extemporized for half an hour on "See the Conquering
Hero Comes," and on a theme from the andante of Beethoven's C Minor
Symphony, in a most brilliant and astonishing style.

Aside from his greatness as a virtuoso and composer for the piano-forte,
whose works will always remain classics in spite of vicissitudes
of public opinion, even as those of Spohr will for the violin, the
influence of Moscheles in furtherance of a solid and true musical taste
was very great, and worthy of special notice. Perhaps no one did more
to educate the English mind up to a full appreciation of the greatest
musical works. As teacher, conductor, player, and composer, the life
of Ignaz Moscheles was one of signal and permanent worth, and its
influences fertilized in no inconsiderable streams the public thought,
not only of his own times, but indirectly of the generation which has
followed. It is not necessary to attribute to him transcendent genius,
but lie possessed, what was perhaps of equal value to the world, an
intellect and temperament splendidly balanced to the artistic needs of
his epoch. The list of Moscheles's numbered compositions reaches Op.
142, besides a large number of ephemeral productions which he did not
care to preserve.

THE SCHUMANNS AND CHOPIN.

Robert Schumann's Place as a National Composer.--Peculiar Greatness as
a Piano-forte Composer.--Born at Zwickau in 1810.--His Father's
Aversion to his Musical Studies.--Becomes a Student of Jurisprudence
in Leipzig.--Makes the Acquaintance of Clara Wieck.--Tedium of his Law
Studies.--Vacation Tour to Italy.--Death of his Father, and Consent
of his Mother to Schumann adopting the Profession of Music.--Becomes
Wieck's Pupil.--Injury to his Hand which prevents all Possibilities of
his becoming a Great Performer.--Devotes himself to Composition.--The
Child, Clara Wieck--Remarkable Genius as a Player.--Her Early
Training.--Paganini's Delight in her Genius.--Clara Wieck's
Concert Tours.--Schumann falls deeply in Love with her, and Wieck's
Opposition.--His Allusions to Clara in the "Neue Zeitschrift."--Schumann
at Vienna.--His Compositions at first Unpopular, though played by Clara
Wieck and Liszt.--Schumann's Labors as a Critic.--He Marries Clara
in 1840.--His Song Period inspired by his Wife.--Tour to Russia, and
Brilliant Reception given to the Artist P