Pleyel

Pleyel, IGNAZ JOSEPH, born 1st June 1757 at Ruppertsthal, near Vienna, studied under Haydn and in Italy, and in 1783 was made Kapellmeister of Strasburg Cathedral. In 1791 he visited London, and he harmonised many of the melodies for Thomson's Collection of Scottish Songs. At Strasburg, during the French Revolution, he barely escaped with his life as a royalist. In 1795 he opened a large music shop in Paris, and in 1807 joined thereto a pianoforte manufactory. He died in Paris, 14th November 1831. His compositions consisted of quartets, concertas, and sonatas.