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Pleyel et Cie. ("Pleyel and Company") is a French piano manufacturing firm founded by the composer Ignace Pleyel in 1807. [2] In 1815, Pleyel's son Camille joined him as a business partner. The firm provided pianos to Frédéric Chopin , [ 3 ] who considered Pleyel pianos to be "non plus ultra". [ 4 ]
Ignaz (Ignace) Joseph Pleyel (French:; German:; 18 June 1757 – 14 November 1831) was an Austrian composer, music publisher [1] and piano builder of the Classical period. [2] He grew up in Austria (then part of the Holy Roman Empire ), and was educated there; in his mid-twenties he moved to France, and was based in France for the rest of his life.
Ignaz Pleyel Early Editions is a digital collection of musical scores by Ignaz Pleyel that is managed by the University of Iowa as a part of the Rita Benton Music Library. . The collection consists of keyboard and chamber music, as well as, arrangements of large orchestral w
Wolff entered Pleyel et Cie in 1850, became a member in 1852, and, on the death of Pleyel in 1855, succeeded to the headship of the company. [1] He experimented with hammer placement to get the fullest tone and the best partials, and in the 1860s introduced overstringing to grand pianos.
Particularly important among the exhibits are two pianos manufactured by Pleyel et Cie, the company founded by Ignaz Pleyel. There is a grand piano, made in January 1831, marked Opus 1614. It is playable and has been used for commercial recordings. The museum also has a square piano made by the company, marked Opus 7134, acquired in 2003 ...
Pleyel's tomb in Paris. Joseph Étienne Camille Pleyel (December 18, 1788 – May 4, 1855) was a French virtuoso pianist, publisher, and owner of Pleyel et Cie. He also ran a concert hall, the Salle Pleyel, where Frédéric Chopin played the first and last of his concerts in Paris. The youngest son of Ignace Joseph Pleyel, he studied with Jan ...
The company was established by Joseph Gabriel Gaveau in 1847 in Paris and was one of the three largest piano makers in France (after Érard and Pleyel). Its factory was located at Fontenay-sous-Bois. Some Gaveau pianos were constructed with art cabinets. Many pianos have been equipped with pneumatic systems (Odeola, Ampico and Welte).
Great Pianists of the 20th Century was a 200-CD box set released by Philips Records in 1999 and sponsored by Steinway & Sons. The box set comprises 100 volumes featuring 72 [1] pianists of the 20th century, each volume with two CDs and a booklet about the life and work of the featured pianist. The set contains a variety of composers from ...