!!!Pleyel, Ignaz

b. Ruppersthal (municipality of Grossweikersdorf, Lower Austria), June 1, 1757, 
d. Paris (France), Nov. 14, 1831, composer, publisher, piano maker. 
Student of J.  Haydn; from around 1784 lived in France (in London 
during the French Revolution), around 1795 founded in Paris a music 
publishing house and 1807 a piano factory (today belongs to Schimmel). 
His descendants also played an important role in the musical life of 
Paris ("Salle Pleyel"). Ignaz Pleyel museum in Ruppersthal.

!Works
Singspiels, 29 symphonies, 8 instrumental concertos, 45 string 
quartets, lieder, chamber music, piano lessons (1797).

!Literature
R. B. Smith, The Periodical Symphonies of I. P., 
1968; R. Benton, I. P. A Thematic Catalogue of his 
Compositions, 1977; OeBL.



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