Ignaz Joseph Pleyel

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Ignace Joseph Pleyel (June 18, 1757 – November 14, 1831) was an Austrian-born French composer and piano builder of the Classical period. He was born in Ruppersthal in Lower Austria, the son of a schoolmaster named Martin Pleyel. He was the 24th of 38 children in the family. While still young he probably studied with Johann Baptist Vanhal, and from 1772 he became the pupil of Joseph Haydn in Eisenstadt. As with Beethoven, born 13 years later, Pleyel benefited in his study from the sponsorship of aristocracy, in this case Count Ladislaus Erdődy (1746–1786). Pleyel evidently had a close relationship with Haydn, who considered him to be a superb student. Among Pleyel's apprentice work from this time was a puppet opera Die Fee Urgele, (1776) performed in the marionette theater at the palace of Eszterháza and in Vienna. Pleyel apparently also wrote at least part of the overture of Haydn's opera Das abgebrannte Haus, from about the same time. Pleyel's first professional position may have been as Kapellmeister for Count Erdődy, although this is not known for certain. Among his early publications was a set of six string quartets, his Opus 1. In the early 1780s, Pleyel visited Italy, where he composed an opera (Ifigenia in Aulide) and works commissioned by the King of Naples. Attracted to the benefits associated with an organist position, Pleyel moved to Strasbourg, France in 1783 to work alongside Franz Xaver Richter the maître de chapelle at the Strasbourg Cathedral. The Cathed

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PLEYEL: String Quartets, Op. 2, Nos. 4-6

PLEYEL: Symphonies

PLEYEL: String Quartets, Op. 2, Nos. 1-3

Pleyel: Piano Trios in E Minor / G Major / D Major

Pleyel: Quartet in B Major / Symphony in A Major / Sinfonia Concertante

Pleyel: Piano Trios

Pleyel: Symphonies, B. 126 and 140 / Symphonie Concertante, B. 115

Pleyel, I.J.: String Quartets - B. 337, 338, 339

Pleyel: Piano Compositions for 2 and 4 Hands

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Comtemporaries of Mozart Collection: Symphonies

Pleyel: Flute Concerto - Symphonies in B flat major and in G major

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