Nicolas Mori

Nicolas Mori (24 January 1796 – 14 June 1839) was an Anglo-Italian violinist, music publisher and conductor.

Born in London, the son of an Italian wigmaker, he was a child prodigy, performing at the age of 7 at the King's Theatre on 15 March 1804.

It was in this capacity that he published for a few years, in collaboration with W. Ball, the excellent annual 'The Musical Gem,' and later, in 1837, after a keen competition with Novello, he issued Mendelssohn's Concerto in D Minor.

[1] In 1823, on the establishment of the now Royal Academy of Music, he was a member of the first board of professors, and thenceforward became one of the principal orchestral leaders of provincial festivals.

[1] He died on 18 June 1839, from the breaking of an aneurism, having been for some years the victim of a cerebral derangement which rendered him at times brusque, irritable, and violent.

His bow arm was bold, free, and commanding, and the tone he produced was eminently firm, full, and impressive.

His execution was alike marked by abundant force and fire, by extraordinary precision and prodigious facility, but lacked niceties of finish and the graces and delicacies of expression' (Quarterly Mag.