Pleyel was a student of Johann Baptist Wanhal, a respected composer and teacher of Viennese Classicism, and later became Joseph Haydn's favorite pupil.
Composer Biography
Pleyel founded a music publishing house in Paris in 1797, Chez Pleyel, which published over 4000 titles, including works by Haydn, Beethoven, and Mozart.
Composer Biography
Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, born in 1757, was the youngest of eight children of a relatively poor schoolmaster and sacristan in Ruppersthal, Lower Austria.
Composer Biography
Pleyel's extensive body of work includes around 50 symphonies, 8 solo concertos, 70 string quartets, 2 operas, and numerous other compositions.
Cultural Impact
Pleyel's compositions were so popular in major European cities like Vienna, Paris, Berlin, Leipzig, London, and Holland that for a time, it seemed no other composers were known.
Cultural Impact
Pleyel also founded the Maison Pleyel piano manufacture in 1807, which became the largest in Europe and whose pianos were used by famous musicians like Chopin and Grieg.
Cultural Impact
In 1828, Pleyel opened the Salons Pleyel in Paris, a concert hall that became a favorite of Parisian high society and hosted the debuts of artists like Frédéric Chopin.
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