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Fragments of an Autobiography

Chapter 26: FOOTNOTES:
By Felix Moscheles
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The author presents a series of loosely connected recollections from life in music and the visual arts, beginning with early childhood impressions and extending through travels, commissions, and encounters with prominent cultural figures. Chapters alternate anecdote and reflection, covering formative concert experiences, studio incidents, portrait sittings, trips abroad, and meetings that illuminate artistic and social circles. The narrative is episodic rather than chronological, balancing vivid sensory memory with commentary on friendships, mentorships, and the practicalities of creative work. Occasional historical and political references provide context, while personal warmth and modesty shape the memoir's conversational, fragmentary tone.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] "Life of Moscheles," by his wife. (Hurst & Blackett, 1873.)

[2] "Letters of Felix Mendelssohn to Ignaz and Charlotte Moscheles." Translated and edited by Felix Moscheles. (Houghton & Mifflin, Boston, U.S.A.)

[3] It's as good a trade as another, that of making-up pictures.

[4] "Shut up," I growled, "and get to bed, you idiot."

[5] Philistine.

[6] Oh, it's that young man who is upset by the moon; just like Rollo.

[7] Queer dog that.

[8] That's all very well, but he knows what's what.

[9] The Gewandhaus in Leipsic.

[10] Reprinted from "Cosmopolis."

[11] A 1000-franc note.

[12] I should be the loser by it.

[13] 'Tis love that leads us.

[14] We don't care a pin, sir, as long as we can get work.

[15] Betrayed.

[16] The French Tommy Atkins and the country cousin.

[17] "Parleying with certain people."—Francis Furini.

[18] The following notes formed part of an article published in Scribner's Magazine in 1891.