1757–1831
Ignace Pleyel

Introduction

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Born: June 18, 1757, Rup­pers­thal, Aus­tria.

Died: No­vem­ber 14, 1831, Pa­ris, France.

Buried: Père La­chaise Ce­me­te­ry, Pa­ris, France.

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Biography

Pleyel was the twenty-fourth child of a vil­lage school­mas­ter.

Around 1776, he be­came Ka­pell­meis­ter to Count La­dis­laus Er­dö­dy.

He tra­veled in It­aly in the ear­ly 1780’s, and wrote the op­era If­i­gen­ia in Aul­ide, which op­ened in Na­ples in 1785.

Four years lat­er, he be­came Ka­pell­mei­ster in the ca­thed­ral in Strass­burg.

In the ear­ly 1790’s, Pley­el was con­duct­ing con­cert ser­ies in Lon­don.

By 1795, he was in France, where he found­ed the mu­sic pub­lish­er Mai­son Pley­el.

In 1807, he op­ened a pi­ano com­pa­ny.

He wrote about 45 sym­pho­nies in his life­time, and nu­mer­ous oth­er works.

Sources

Music