Ignaz von Mosel

In 1812 he was the first conductor in Vienna to use a baton, whilst conducting a memorial concert with Carl Steinacker [de].

He conducted and organized the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde's music festivals (set up by Andreas Streicher) from 1812 to 1816, including the Handel concerts at the Winterreitschule, which ultimately led to the foundation of the society and its choir, which developed into the Wiener Singverein.

On 18 July 1818 he was raised to the nobility and from 1820 he served as vice-director of the court theatre, though he had little influence on the Hofoper after Domenico Barbaja took it over.

An influential figure in the musical life of Vormärz-era Vienna, he was a friend of the Schubert Circle.

A memorial plaque also stands on his family tomb in the Hietzing Cemetery (Gr.