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Ignaz Pleyel
Ignace Joseph Pleyel (French: [plɛjɛl]; German: [ˈplaɪl̩]; 18 June 1757 – 14 November 1831) was an Austrian-Frenchcomposer and piano builder.[1]
Life
[change | change source]Pleyel was born in Ruppersthal in Austria in a family of a schoolmaster Martin Pleyl.[2] In 1772 he became a student of Joseph Haydn.
In 1783 Pleyel moved to Strasbourg to work with Franz Xaver Richter, the maître de chapelle at the Strasbourg Cathedral.[3] In 1788 Pleyel married Françoise-Gabrielle Lefebvre and had four children with her.
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In 1797 he started a business as a music publisher ("Maison Pleyel") in Paris.[4] The company published about 4,000 works during 39 years.
Pleyel composed more than 40 symphonies, 70 string quartets, several operas, piano solo pieces and chamber music.[5] He also was a founder of a piano firm Pleyel et Cie that was continued by Pleyel's son Camille.
The firm provided pianos for Frédéric Chopin. The c