Bohemian composer and piano virtuoso (1794-1870), whose career after his early years was based initially in London, and later at Leipzig, where he succeeded his friend and sometime pupil Felix Mendelssohn as head of the Conservatoire. AMQS on an off-white 7.75 x 9.75 sheet, signed at the bottom, "Zur freundlichen Erinnerung, J. Moscheles, Leipzig, 18th October 1857." Moscheles pens 12 intricate bars of music in two systems, being "Fragment des Themas der humoristischen Variation op. 128." The page is marked at the top, "Tempo di Menuetto, ma moderato." In fine condition, with mild toning.
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